The Philippines is on track in achieving the Millennium Development Goals particularly in education, health, women and children, President Benigno S. Aquino III told visiting Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia Quentin Bryce on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Philippines on track in achieving Millennium Development Goals
April 13, 2012
Majority of population has access to potable water, exceeding MDG target
March 8, 2012
THE WORLD has achieved the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on safe drinking water, the United Nations (UN) said, even as it noted that the target in improving sanitation globally may not be reached before the 2015 deadline. Read the rest of this entry »
Philippines losing fight vs. Poverty
November 16, 2011
The Philippines is nearly a decade behind in achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of reducing poverty incidence by half in 2015, according to the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). Read the rest of this entry »
Gov’t should address MDG bottlenecks — UN
October 24, 2011
THE GOVERNMENT should address bottlenecks that tend to drag the country’s achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a United Nations official said yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
Philippines may not meet millennium dev’t goals by ’15
October 24, 2011
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines may not be able to attain all of its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but the United Nations is encouraging the present administration to keep up its “intent” and efforts to accelerate achievements and promote inclusive growth, UN resident coordinator Dr. Jacqueline Badcock told reporters Monday at the sidelines of an event celebrating UN Day. Read the rest of this entry »
Albay sets up centers to boost MDG campaign
September 12, 2011
Albay aims to sustain and further improve its maternal and infant mortality reduction performance under the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG) with the completion of nine Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEmONC), centers, which are also designed as family hospitals. Read the rest of this entry »
Development goals threatened by ‘inconsistency’
September 9, 2011
FISCAL CAUTION — as reflected in the government’s use of both economic growth assumptions and targets — could lead to development goals being missed, the House of Representatives think tank said. Read the rest of this entry »
Sectors bat for localization of MDG programs
July 14, 2011
ACADEMICIANS, experts and local government executives on Wednesday called for localized implementation of projects attuned to the framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), some four years before the 2015 deadline set by the United Nations. Read the rest of this entry »
LGUs hard put to meet millennium goals
July 13, 2011
FOUR YEARS into the deadline, some local government units (LGUs) are still sorely lacking awareness on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), hindering the achievement of the entire set of eight United Nations-sponsored MDG targets, experts yesterday said. Read the rest of this entry »
Development gains need to reach vulnerable group: UN
July 8, 2011
SIGNIFICANT GAINS have been made in terms of meeting development goals set by the United Nations (UN) but the progress has been patchy, a UN report released Friday showed.
The world as a whole is still on track to reach the poverty-reduction target by 2015, according to the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Report 2011, but “progress has been uneven, and there are still too many people being left behind.” Read the rest of this entry »
