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
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
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.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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September –
5 Sept – Intl Day of Charity
7 Sept – Intl Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8 Sept – International Literacy Day
12 Sept – United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 Sept – International Day of Democracy
16 Sept – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 Sept – World Patient Safety Day
18 Sept – International Equal Pay Day
21 Sept – International Day of Peace
26 Sept – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 Sept – World Tourism Day
28 Sept – International Day for Universal Access to Information
29 Sept – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30 Sept – World Maritime Day
Monthly Observances:
Health, Safety and Sanitation Month
National Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 4)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: National Family Week
Daily Observances:
Third Saturday:
International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
Sept 8: National Literacy Day
Sept 15: Philippine Medicine Day
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