LEGAZPI CITY: The provinces of Camarines Sur and Masbate were identified as having the highest number of poor families in the Listahanan second assessment report of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the Bicol region.

Arnel Garcia, DSWD regional director, revealed there are 369,395 poor households in the Bicol region that is composed of six provinces, 107 municipalities, seven cities and 3,471 barangays.

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