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November 03, 2022
In the Philippines’ capital Manila, one kilogram of onions cost around US$0.75 a year ago; in August it cost US$3.38....
November 01, 2022
The Wild, Wild West in Back. Sheriff Tom Schmerber reported an increase in shootings: “Now that everybody can carry a weapon, we have people who drink and start shooting each other. People get emotional, and instead of reaching for a fist, they reach for a weapon."...
October 31, 2022
The hashtag “RIP Twitter” made today’s trending list as users expressed their disappointment at the takeover...
October 30, 2022
The national Social Weather Survey of September 29 – October 2, 2022, the first under the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., found that 11.3% of Filipino families, or an estimated 2.9 million, experienced involuntary hunger...
October 21, 2022
SWS has measured Self-Rated Poverty (SRP) quarterly through face-to-face (F2F) surveys since 1992, except in the first three quarters of 2020 when F2F was not possible for lack of public transportation during the pandemic. SWS resumed the SRP surveys in the 4th quarter of 2020, up to the present....
October 17, 2022
China currently has the largest military in the world in terms of manpower, with more than 2 million active soldiers, sailors, and airmen....