news update 2009
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Gov’t builds water systems for 4,000 poor Palawan families
-Posted: 08 June 2009-
The government has built water systems for more than 4,000 families in seven impoverished barangays in Palawan as part
of a nationwide effort to meet the targets of a special water and sanitation program established by President Arroyo
in 2004, the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) announced recently...
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Gov’t to invest more than P5B in program to train 800,000 workers
-Posted: 18 May 2009-
With thousands of jobs already lost and major Filipino industries on the ropes, the Arroyo administration has
announced plans to allocate P5.66 billion in a massive skills training and technical education program to help more
than 800,000 workers find higher paying jobs and better employment opportunities this year...
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6,000 Pinoys land jobs under gov’t emergency program in 21 days
-Posted: 20 April 2009-
Seeking to send a strong signal that President Arroyo is committed to stem the rising tide of unemployment in the
country, the government has announced that some 6,000 more Filipinos have found new jobs under the government’s
Comprehensive Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP) from March to the middle of April this year
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75,000 unemployed workers find jobs under emergency program
-Posted: 06 April 2009-
Over 75,000 Filipinos have found new jobs through President Arroyo’s emergency employment program even as she has
overseen plans for massive additional investments into the government’s efforts to ensure employment opportunities for
poor folk , the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) announced recently...
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Gov’t urges malunggay farmers to help fight poverty, climate change
Vows to expand support services under malunggay program
-Posted: 30 March 2009-
The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) is urging the help and cooperation of Filipino malunggay farmers in the
fight against poverty and climate change even as government has pledged to increase support services for farmers
under its malunggay development program...
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Gov’t bares plans to build water systems for 319 waterless municipalities
-Posted: 23 March 2009-
The government has announced plans to build water systems for some 319 “waterless” municipalities nationwide as
President Arroyo moves forward on a promise she made five years ago to ensure all Filipino households easy access
to potable water by 2010...
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Gov’t hikes emergency employment budget by P1B
Assures jobs and employment for the poor amidst global crisis
-Posted: 09 March 2009-
The Arroyo administration has assured the availability of jobs and employment opportunities for poor and
underprivileged folk throughout the country in spite of the global financial crisis as government has allocated an
additional P1 billion to finance its emergency employment program this year...
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220,000 unemployed workers assured jobs under emergency employment program
-Posted: 01 March 2009-
More than 220,000 unemployed Filipinos have been assured new jobs as government has invested a first tranche of P9
billion into its nationwide emergency employment program for poor and underprivileged workers who are expected to
bear the brunt of the global financial crisis on the country’s troubled labor force, a top Malañang official
announced recently...
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Gov’t invests P424 million to create jobs for 21,000 workers
-Posted: 10 February 2009-
Around 21,000 previously unemployed or underemployed Filipino workers nationwide have found jobs through various
government projects as the Arroyo administration invested an initial P424.5 million into its Comprehensive Livelihood
and Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP) over the past fifteen days alone, the National Anti-Poverty Commission
(NAPC) has announced...
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Government invests P18 billion in emergency employment program
-Posted: 02 February 2009-
The government has already allocated P18 billion for the first phase of a massive livelihood and emergency employment
program to generate jobs for Filipino workers who are expected to bear the brunt of the effects of the global
economic crisis on the local economy, the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) announced recently...
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Palace urges LGUs, NGOs to join emergency jobs program
Counterpart schemes mulled
-Posted: 29 January 2009-
Malacañang is urging local governments and non-government organizations (NGOs) to participate in the Arroyo
administration’s nationwide effort to boost livelihood and employment opportunities for poor and middle class workers
who will be affected by the global economic crisis this year, the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) has
announced...
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Gov’t anti-hunger drive creates 1.4 million new jobs for the poor
NAPC vows to strengthen PGMA anti-hunger drive
-Posted: 27 January 2009-
The government’s anti-hunger program has yielded new job opportunities for nearly 1.4 million unemployed or
underemployed poor folk, the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) announced recently...
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1 million poor families benefit from gov’t school feeding program
-Posted: 19 January 2009-
A million poor and underprivileged Filipino families struggling to feed and educate their children benefited from a
massive school feeding program undertaken by the Arroyo administration during the height of the global oil and rice
crises last year, the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) announced recently...
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