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                    [ArticleID] => 1865894
                    [Title] => ‘The cost of living’
                    [Summary] => We are back to the world of the living. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-11-05 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136417
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804833
                    [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
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                    [Title] => House panel OKs rent control extension
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The House committee on housing and urban development has approved a resolution that seeks to extend the government’s regulation of rent for two more years to protect home renters from sudden rental increases.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-29 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1519635 [Title] => Noy urged to certify income tax reform bill as urgent [Summary] =>

If President Aquino is really concerned about the welfare of the people, he should certify as urgent the proposed tax reform bill, Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-07 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20151108/pnoy-aquino-8.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1385749 [Title] => News Analysis: Hunger, poverty continue to hound Aquino government [Summary] =>

Forty three percent, or some 9.3 million Filipinos, considered themselves food-poor or hungry while 55 percent, or 12.1 million Filipino families, considered themselves poor, according to a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS), a respected survey firm here.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-28 23:30:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1317623 [Title] => Poverty rate eases to 24.9 pct in 1st half of 2013 [Summary] =>

Poverty incidence among Filipinos eased to 24.9 percent in the first semester of 2013, from 27.9 percent posted in the same period in 2012, the local statistics agency said today.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-29 21:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1293120 [Title] => Has gov’t come to terms with jobless growth, poverty? [Summary] =>

Last week, reacting to the result of a Social Weather Station survey showing that joblessness had risen to 27.5% in the last quarter of 2013, President Aquino convened a full Cabinet meeting, which he  rarely calls. An “action plan for poverty reduction” was tackled, reportedly for almost eight hours.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133567 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804785 [AuthorName] => Satur C. Ocampo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1266038 [Title] => 1 sa 5 pamilyang Pinoy mahirap - NSCB [Summary] =>

Isa sa bawat limang pamilyang Pilipino sa bansa ay mahirap noong 2012, ayon sa National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB).

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-09 14:19:48 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Balita Ngayon [SectionUrl] => balita-ngayon [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1266027 [Title] => '1 out of 5 Filipino families poor' [Summary] =>

One out of five Filipino families was poor as of 2012, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) reported on Monday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-09 12:13:53 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1422137 [AuthorName] => Jovan Cerda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/8770/gumbanedd2.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 960420 [Title] => Food for thought on Nutrition Month [Summary] =>

Now, here’s a mouthful: Nutrition Month kicks off this week, as per Presidential Decree 491 or the Nutrition Act of the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133914 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096607 [AuthorName] => Ching M. Alano [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 948216 [Title] => Pangasinan wins big in fight vs poverty, says NSO report [Summary] =>

While the whole country posted a minimal 1.1 percent decline in poverty rate from last year, the picture was rosier in Pangasinan, which attained a 9.5 percent growth in its campaign to improve the people’s quality of life.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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