The Philippines since time immemorial has shown its vulnerability and subservience to the variations and fluctuations in the price of oil products. Our submissiveness to the price Read the rest of this entry »
Our economic waterloo and myths of surveys
April 3, 2012
Palace junks SWS, says survey data inaccurate
February 24, 2012
Whenever results of private surveys would come up with favorable statistics, Malacaang considers the data as reflective of the Aquino administrations commitment to help alleviate poverty in the country but not this time, not the Social Weather Station (SWS). Read the rest of this entry »
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December 2, 2011
Workers gripe over lowered poverty norms in base year
October 25, 2011
Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) condemned yesterday the lowering of the daily poverty threshold by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) from P52 to P46 per person for the base year of 2009, saying the move shows the Aquino government’s refusal to address the widespread poverty and hunger in the country. Read the rest of this entry »
Transport, dine-out, telco loom larger in price index
June 29, 2011
THE National Statistics Office (NSO) on Tuesday said it has revised the base year and weights for the consumer price index (CPI) to ensure that the key measure reflects the current situation. Read the rest of this entry »
P-Noy shocked about hunger rate?
April 13, 2011
When the new Social Weather Stations survey showed that more Filipinos were experiencing hunger and poverty under his administration, P-Noy couldn’t believe what he was hearing. The nationwide survey that covered 1,200 respondents from March 4 to 7 showed that 20.5 percent of the families polled said they experienced hunger, and that 51 percent considered themselves poor. Read the rest of this entry »
Lies, damned lies – and surveys
March 30, 2011
“There are three kinds of lies—lies, damned lies, and statistics,” wrote the 19th century American author and humorist Mark Twain, popularizing an aphorism mouthed by many in his day. The line may well apply to some modern-day surveys and how they are made to say things or make judgments they are never meant to do. Read the rest of this entry »
State statistics agencies launch program to improve data collection at local level
February 15, 2011
THE GOVERNMENT yesterday launched a regular effort to improve data collection and dissemination for countryside development, this time with third-party users like the private sector in mind. Read the rest of this entry »
Less poor after NSCB tweaks poverty formula
February 9, 2011
Using a revised computing method, the number of poor Filipinos is expected to significantly drop when data covering the Aquino administration start to filter in simply by reducing the computation of those under poverty line from those earning P41 per person per day to just P37 per person per day. The amount is supposedly the cost for a Filipino on average to meet all basic needs, which is highly unrealistic. Read the rest of this entry »
Grim statistics on Filipino way
November 5, 2010
Do we Filipinos care about our kind and ourselves? Mull over these statistics, and form your own conclusion: Read the rest of this entry »
