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                    [ArticleID] => 1386109
                    [Title] => Good and bad news
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The latest gender equality report of the World Economic Forum showed the Philippines in 9th place among the top 10 nations. While so much remain to be done to improve the lot of our women and men in our country and throughout the world, the good news is that many countries, including ours, are committed to improving gender relations in terms of opportunities for health, education, employment, and politics.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133239 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1223596 [AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero Ballescas [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1378696 [Title] => Child poverty on the rise: study [Summary] =>

Despite the country's economic gains in recent years, the number of children living in poverty in the Philippines has continued to go up, according to a study released by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) today.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-10 19:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1378649 [Title] => PIDS: Child poverty rate climbing [Summary] =>

A study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) titled "Child Poverty in the Philippines" showed that the child poverty rate in the country continues to climb despite of the country's recent economic gains.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-10 15:01:28 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1645031 [AuthorName] => Patricia Lourdes Viray [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20141010/PIDS-children-poverty-head-count-by-region.jpg ) ) )
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