When poverty figures and unemployment/underemployment continue to rise even with all the news reports about fresh investments and expansion plans in the country, then there is something wrong with the country’s economic development programs.
Fully cognizant of the high incidences of these two indicators, the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) has been pushing for inclusive growth, which it defined as “sustained growth that creates jobs, draws the majority into the economic and social mainstream, and continuously reduces mass poverty.”
To be able to bring a better life to majority of the 92 million Filipino population, NEDA has recommended massive investments in physical infrastructure as a major cure, and giving short-term cash outlays to the poorest segments as a short-term solution.
Because of the government’s fiscal problems, funding for infrastructure had been decided through public-private partnerships (PPPs), while the selective distribution of money will be implemented mainly through conditional cash transfers (CCTs). –Rey Gamboa, Philippine Star
June 2025
Philippine Environment Month!
“Action for Nature, for the Future!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideosturesVideos
Monthly Observances:
1 Jun – World Day of Parents
5 Jun – World Environment Day
7 Jun – World Food Safety Day
8 Jun – World Oceans Day
12 Jun – World Day Against
Child Labour
15 Jun – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16 Jun – International Day of Family Remittances
17 Jun – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 Jun – World Refugee Day
25 Jun – Day of the Seafarer
27 Jun – Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
