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                    [Title] => Food inflation reducing impact of Pantawid Pamilya cash grants
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The increase in food prices is reducing the impact of cash grants being given to the country’s poorest of the poor, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman has said.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150321/pang-tawid-5.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1431917 [Title] => Worsened [Summary] =>

While Pope Francis was here, President Aquino delivered a speech where, among other things, he claimed 2.4 million people were lifted out of poverty by his administration.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1431919 [Title] => Poverty increases [Summary] =>

The latest Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the incidence of poverty rose to 25.8 percent (26 out of 100 Filipinos) in the first half of 2014, up from 24.6 percent in the first semester in 2013, which puts the Philippines as having the highest poverty incidence among the six biggest Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) members (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam).

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135492 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1307672 [AuthorName] => Ernesto M. Maceda [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1430889 [Title] => Poverty incidence up by 1.2% in first half of 2014 [Summary] =>

Poverty incidence rose by 1.2 percentage points to 25.8 percent in the first six months of 2014 from the 24.6 percent registered during the same period in 2013.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1311647 [Title] => Open High School isinusulong [Summary] =>

Isinusulong na sa Senado ang panukalang “open high school” para sa mga nangangarap makapagtapos ng high school pero walang panahon upang pumunta sa eskuwelahan upang mag-aral.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097275 [AuthorName] => Malou Escudero [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 962522 [Title] => More bills on education filed as 16th Congress starts [Summary] =>

Education has emerged as a key sector in the legislative priorities of senators at the start of the 16th Congress, based on the initial bills that were filed earlier this week.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img259/4846/11s5.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 961148 [Title] => 'Iskolar ng bayan' bill inahayin sa Senado [Summary] =>

Naghayin ng panukala si Sen. Alan Cayetano na naglalayong bigyan ng college scholarship ang mga pinakamagaling na estudyante sa bawat klase sa high school.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-03 12:12:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Balita Ngayon [SectionUrl] => balita-ngayon [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 961128 [Title] => 'Iskolar ng Bayan' bill filed in Senate [Summary] =>

Sen. Alan Cayetano has filed a bill granting college scholarships to high school students who belong to the "cream of the crop" in their class.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-03 10:01:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Campus [SectionUrl] => campus [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 910824 [Title] => Gov’t front line services must improve [Summary] =>

The bad quality of government’s front line services is perhaps one reason why trust ratings of P-Noy, Binay and Enrile fell despite all the fuss over “a GDP rate that will impress you.” Ordinary folks were not impressed… they haven’t felt any significant positive effect of government in their lives.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 909740 [Title] => 1 in 10 Pinoy families gave gifts in gov’t deals – survey [Summary] =>

One in every 10 families in the country has given money or a gift to a government official in order to secure permits or avail themselves of services, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img43/4422/gen3m.jpg ) ) )
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