POVERTY incidence among families in Albay province has dropped by a significant 16.3 percent, from 33.9 percent in 2012 to 17.6 percent in 2015, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported recently.

The 16.3-percent reduction, based on PSA’s annual per capita family threshold report, makes Albay the least poor among Bicol’s six provinces

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