Millions remain without hope

Again, it has come to the fore that the country’s fairly impressive economic growth under President Benigno Aquino 3rd has not been all inclusive. Millions of Filipinos remain poor, with no indication that the poorest of the poor will be able to crawl out of the pits anytime in the near future.

The latest survey by the Social Weather Stations says as much. No less than 10.8 million Filipino households consider themselves poor. The worst part is, there was no improvement from the previous survey period.