How should the government assess poverty in the first place? Catch the discussion on Thursday, August 22, at 4 pm.
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That was the burning question in recent days after the Philippine Statistics Authority said that the food threshold — or what is considered the minimum amount that a person needs to meet basic food requirements — is around P63 per person per day.that the food threshold isn’t meant to reflect the cost of meals for a “decent standard of living.”
On Thursday, August 22, Rappler senior editor Isagani de Castro Jr. sits down with business reporter Lance Spencer Yu and Rappler resident economist JC Punongbayan to discuss the controversy and how it could have been prevented.Before he joined Rappler as senior desk editor, Isagani de Castro Jr. was longest-serving editor in chief of ABS-CBN News online. He had reported for the investigative magazine Newsbreak, Asahi Shimbun Manila, and Business Day.
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