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New Way to Measure Poverty Denounced as Deceptive, Can Undermine Calls for Better Wages

New Way to Measure Poverty Denounced as Deceptive, Can Undermine Calls for Better Wages

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
A new poverty index that reconfigured the method of determining the extent of poverty in the Philippines has been criticized as deceptive and can be exploited by the government to declare that life has become better under the Aquino administration, critics said the other day.

News in Pictures: A Year Since Gregan’s Death, Groups Continue to Demand Justice and Accountability

News in Pictures: A Year Since Gregan’s Death, Groups Continue to Demand Justice and Accountability


Marking the first year since the death of Gregan Cardeño, a Filipino who died inside Camp Ranao in Marawi City while working as an interpreter for the US troops, various groups held a memorial rally on Wednesday to demand justice and to hold those behind the incident accountable. (Photo courtesy of Patriotiko Mindanao / bulatlat.com)

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