Biyaheng Totoo explores RP’s ten poorest provinces, includes Surigao del Norte
December 28, 2009, Posted by Percival Pelaez at 2:10 pm
A 2006 study of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) shows that 33 out of 100 Filipinos are considered poor. That means 27.6 million Pinoys did not make it beyond the national poverty threshold of 6,274 pesos (around 130 USD) per month, for a family of five. Most of these struggling Pinoys live in the [...]
