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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....
October 11, 2022
About nine (9) out of every 10 adults (86%) are of the view that false news or fake news is a problem in the Philippines. This is the prevailing sentiment at the national level (86%) as well as in each geographic area and socio-economic grouping (77% to 92% and 74% to 93%, respectively)....
October 10, 2022
The UN says it can be done: You can sue a country — even your own — for climate change damage....
October 09, 2022
“Farmers and other vulnerable communities are asserting their rights and demanding climate justice. Carbon majors and rich nations need to pay for the political, social, and financial costs of climate harm they created, after decades of pollution.”...
October 07, 2022
National and local officials have harassed journalists because they don’t like how they are doing their jobs. They are increasingly aided by armies of social media trolls that threaten journalists, like Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa, with violence....