'1.4M Central Luzon residents are poor'

By Jerry M. Hernandez

Oct 27, 2022 12:05 am

ABOUT 1.4 million residents in Central Luzon are poor in 2021, based on a report by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), saying that development policies must be carried out.

The figure represented 11 out of 100 individuals in the region as being poor as a result of the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) 2021, suggesting that the poverty incidence in Central Luzon stood at 11.4 percent.

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