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WEB2 days ago · October 01, 2024. September 30, 2024. With her passing, nearly all obituaries have started off pronouncing her the matriarch of her clan, though this was hardly an inevitable fate for her. Jomar Fleras, one of her scholars, in a Spot.ph interview recalled her telling him that she came “from humble beginnings as the daughter of a civil servant ...
Poverty and inequality in the Philippines | Inquirer Opinion
WEBDec 2, 2022 · GNI per capita was $3,430 in 2020 ($3,850 in 2019) for the Philippines, and $7,050 ($7,407 in 2019) for Thailand. On the other hand, poverty rate was estimated at 18.1 percent in 2021 (16.7 percent in 2018) for the former, and 8.8 percent in 2020 (6.2 percent in 2019) for the latter. Indonesia’s population increased to 274 million in 2020.
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WEBDec 22, 2022 · Utang na loob does not mean giving everything that is asked. Utang na loob is, in a way, a promise to have malasakit in a relationship. And sometimes, that malasakit comes in the form of setting limits for the other’s best interests. Refusing to be a parent’s retirement plan, in the sense of providing all their financial needs at the cost ...
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WEB2 days ago · In defiance of my own requiem. October 02, 2024 BY: Ray Mark Samson Espiritu. Columnists.
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WEBJan 3, 2020 · PIDS notes that the new globalization is marked by (1) economic restructuring, (2) worsening inequality, (3) dampened international cooperation on “global public goods” like communicable disease control, counterterrorism measures and climate change mitigation, and (4) weakening of social cohesion and trust. We will focus on …
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Understanding the why and how of Filipino religiosity
WEBApr 27, 2022 · Understanding the why and how of Filipino religiosity. Philippine Daily Inquirer / 04:05 AM April 27, 2022. Mahar Mangahas’ column on the persistence of Filipino religiosity made for a very informative and provocative reading (“The religiosity of Filipinos,” 4/23/2022). Although surveys capture perceptions and attitudes about events and ...