MANILA, Philippines — Aspiring speaker Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez yesterday vowed to push for a poverty reduction roadmap in support of President Duterte’s war against poverty. In a statement, Romualdez said the roadmap must spell out the legislative measures and funding requirements needed to realize Duterte’s vision of reducing poverty incidence by almost half before his term ends in 2022. It is time now to focus more on the President’s war against poverty,” Romualdez said. According to the National Economic and Development Authority, the reduction was because of improvements in the quality of employment in the past three years since the last poverty survey in 2015, as well as the expansion in government social services. If we can sustain this, the goal of transforming the Philippines into an upper middle-income by 2022 is achievable,” Romualdez said.

Source: Philippine Star July 06, 2019 16:00 UTC