Govt eyes further reduction of poverty

MALACAÑANG on Friday said it is determined to further reduce the number of poor Filipinos by aggressively implementing programs aimed at ensuring jobs and food on every table as it welcomed reports of a slide in the number of people who rate themselves as poor.

“Government is determined to carry on with poverty reduction and social protection programs including those on skills training and employment so that the hunger incidence may be reduced even further,” said Palace Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr.