Why GMA is good for business

[ggierran]

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good point pero it lacks the necessary data...

[baron]

Maybe we can commend the administration in its effort to decrease government borrowings. As per the news, total government borrowings plunged by more than half during the first two months of the year due to the national government's strong cash position. This is due to higher revenues from aggressive privatization efforts and prudent spending.

I guess the efficient economic management of the administration will always give us an advantage in our pursuit of a better economy.

[contra vida]

Hunger a record high at 19%, or 3.4M Pinoy families - SWS

03/19/2007 | 05:31 PM


Despite repeated claims by the Arroyo administration that the Philippine economy is on a roll, some 3.4 million Filipino families – one of every five or 19 percent of all households - continue to endure hunger, according to the reputable public opinion pollster Social Weather Stations (SWS).

The SWS said its survey conducted last Feb. 24 to 27 also showed that hunger has worsened in Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon, but declined in Visayas.

It said the record-high incidence of household hunger of 19 percent was first set in November 2006. Hunger has been at double-digits since June 2004.

Hunger went up by three points in Metro Manila, from 17.7 percent in November 2006 to 20.7 percent in February 2007.

It slightly rose in the rest of Luzon from 17.7 percent to 18.3 percent and hardly changed in Mindanao, from 22.3 percent in the previous quarter to 22.7 percent.

But hunger declined by nearly four points in the Visayas, from 19 percent in November to 15.3 percent in February.

Moderate hunger, defined as households experiencing it involuntarily "only once" or "a few times" in the last three months, was 15.1 percent in November and 15 percent in February.

The few who did not answer the question on frequency of Hunger were also put in the moderate category.

Severe hunger, or households involuntarily hungry "often" or "always" in the last three months, hardly changed from 3.9 percent to 4 percent.

Moderate hunger went up in Metro Manila, from 12.7 percent in the previous quarter to 15.7 percent, and in Mindanao, from 17.3 percent to 18 percent.

It declined in the Visayas, from 15.3 percent to 12.7 percent and in the balance of Luzon, from 14.7 percent to 14.3 percent.

On the other hand, severe hunger went up in Luzon outside Metro Manila, from 3 percent to 4 percent; while it remained at 5 percent in Metro Manila.

It declined in the Visayas, from 3.7 percent to 2.7 percent, and in Mindanao, from 5 percent to 4.7 percent.

SWS survey questions about household poverty and hunger are directed to the household head. They are standard non-commissioned items in the Social Weather Surveys.

The SWS said it used face-to-face interviews of a national sample of 1,200 statistically representative household heads, or 300 each in Metro Manila, the balance of Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao, from 240 geographical spots selected from all regions.

The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 at the national level, and plus or minus 6 percent at the regional level. - GMANews.TV

Good for business. Sila ray NITAMBOK! Ang mga tawo gutom kay way trabaho, way kwarta!

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

Cge man pod ug PANGANAK si JUAN ug MARIA .... sala na ni GLORIA? Just look at the statistics , is the problem in UNEMPLOYMENT and DREADED ECONOMY or OVERPOPULATION ? Take your wild guess ...

[eax]

Cge man pod ug PANGANAK si JUAN ug MARIA .... sala na ni PGMA ? Just look at the statistics , is the problem in UNEMPLOYMENT and DREADED ECONOMY or OVERPOPULATION ? Take your wild guess ...

Sakto. Overpopulation ang usa sa hinungdan. Kay kung dili ta overpopulated, sakto ra ang mga trabaho para nato.

[MADAGASCAR]

kung ang mga tapulan manglihok pa lang unta, dili gyud unta magutman.

[dredd41v576]

SWS na pod ni nga survey. Pero ma klaro man diha asa mas kugihan ang mga tawo nga lugar ug asa
naa daghan tapulan ug sige lang joined mga rallies. Kanang lugar nga daghan rallies cge
lang rally mao na way trabaho ug syempre way ipakaon sa ila mga pamilya. Metro Manila.
Sa MM man mas misaka ang porseyento sa daghan gipang gutom.

[baron]

^ Sadly, most of those who are not working are the ones making this country overpopulated. Instead of finding jobs, they are just idling themselves at home with a child added every year in their family. More so, some tend to prioritize luxuries than basic commodities.

Why blame the government when it is doing its job to improve this country? Now, the people must do their responsibility as well. We will not move forward if we will just wait for the government to act, we should also do our part. But then again, some are blinded with pride that they will always blame others for their own misery.

[eax]

Angay na pud ang mga tawo ang molihok. Dili ra magsalig pirmi sa gobyerno.

[sassy_jihye]

Angay na pud ang mga tawo ang molihok. Dili ra magsalig pirmi sa gobyerno.

korek! as what JFK said, ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country