Malacañang on Monday acknowledged a warning made by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and said that it would focus its economic development program on building and expanding the country’s middle-class. “The reality is we have not really expanded our middle class considerably. And this doesn’t compare favorably with the records of our neighboring countries in Asean,” Presidential Communications Operations Secretary Herminio Coloma said.
Asean, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, groups the Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
According to a study made by the Manila-based ADB, middle-class Filipino families with large family sizes are at risk of falling into poverty if the government fails to create policies that improve wages, education and healthcare.
The study advised the Aquino administration to expand the middle class to achieve sustainable economic growth.
Coloma said that it is a priority of the Aquino administration to expand opportunities for all Filipinos to improve their lives.
He added that creating more high-paying jobs, reforming the educational system and enhancing healthcare services—recommendations made by the ADB—are the top three priorities of the administration. –CRIS G. ODRONIA, Manila Times
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IT’S WOMEN’S MONTH!
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every day of the year/s!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
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Monthly Observances:
Women’s Role in History Month
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Women’s Week
Week 3: Philippine Industry and “
Made-in-the-Philippines Products Week
Last Week: Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment
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March 8: Women’s Rights and
International Peace Day;
National Women’s Day
March 4: Employee Appreciation Day
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day
March 18: Global Recycling Day
March 21: International Day for the Elimination
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March 23: International Day for the Right to the Truth
Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations
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March 25: International Day of Remembrance of the
Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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