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According to World Bank Country Director Motoo Konishi, the Philippines had become a "rising tiger" in East Asia. However, at the same time, during the 2010–2011 fiscal year, the increase in the wealth of the richest families in the Philippines, amounting to 47.39%, comprised 76.5% of the GDP increase for that year. [4]
From 2018 to 2021, an estimated 2.3 million Filipinos fell into poverty amid the economic recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 2018, the rate of decline of poverty has been slower compared with other East and Southeast Asian countries, [ 6 ] such as People's Republic of China (PRC) , Thailand , Indonesia , or Vietnam .
January 4 – President Duterte signs Republic Act No. 11510, institutionalizing the alternative learning system (ALS). [2] [3]January 18 – The Department of National Defense announces its unilateral termination of its 1989 accord with the University of the Philippines which took effect three days earlier over claims that the New People's Army is recruiting members in the universities' campuses.
In 2021, the Philippine House of Representatives declared a housing emergency in the country through House Resolution 1677. The resolution called on the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development and other government agencies to address the housing gap by providing housing to the homeless population and to families living in informal ...
He also lamented how illegal drugs and corruption remain a national problem. [8] Duterte mentioned the decongestion of traffic on EDSA, a major thoroughfare in Metro Manila, amidst the community quarantine measure touting that his administration has "taken away misery of public commuting". He also mentioned infrastructure projects his ...
December 13, 2021 at 12:55 PM AvigatorPhotographer / iStock.com Supply chains are networks — ways to source and supply various goods and services across the globe.
On March 15, 2021, after a year of the declaration of the community quarantine in Metro Manila, #DutertePalpak went trending on social media. Netizens blamed the government for the resurgence of cases and its lack of proper response to the pandemic but Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the new variants of the virus caused the ...
In the Philippines, disability is one of the social issues affecting a portion of the Philippines' population. To ensure the equality and rights of disabled persons, there are Philippine laws and policies that were passed regarding persons with disabilities (PWDs).