๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง 2021 ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ 2018, ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ 17, 2021.
The report suggests that 69% of Nortehanons had incomes sufficient to meet their basic food and non- food needs a significant increase from 63.4% in the First Semester of 2018. In addition, 76.9% of Nortehanon families were able to meet their basic food and non-food needs compared to 70% in the same period three years ago. This, even as the per capita poverty threshold increased from P12,662 in the First Semester of 2018 to P13,173 in the First Semester of 2021.
Among the six provinces in the region, Northern Samar was the second least poor, climbing two notches higher from its position in the First Semester of 2018 and four steps up in the same period in 2015.
The report also indicates that 89.40% of Nortehanons were able to meet their basic food needs in the First Semester of 2021, a significant improvement compared to 83.90% in the same period in 2018.
Moreover, the proportion of Nortehanon families who had income to cover their basic food needs increased to 92.90% in 2021 from 87.8% in 2018, despite the increase in the per capita food threshold from P8,840 to P9,192.
Compared to the other provinces in the region, Northern Samar ranked first in terms of the proportion of population and of families whose incomes were enough for their basic food needs, leaping from the third position in the First Semester of 2018 and from the sixth in the same period in 2015.
According to Provincial Planning and Development Coordinator, Engr. Romeo Cardenas, there are three major factors, among others, which can be credited for this decrease in poverty incidence in our province: less natural disasters, infrastructure investments, and good governance.
โ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฆ’๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐บ (๐๐๐๐) ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ on ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.โ PPDC Cardenas explained.
Also notable is the fact that the FIES was conducted in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, thus also reflecting the outstanding response and recovery initiatives of the provincial and municipal LGUs in Northern Samar.
This consistently upward trend in Northern Samarโs poverty statistics shows the effectiveness of the poverty alleviation programs of the provincial government under the leadership of Governor Edwin Marino Ongchuan thru his development agenda Padayon nga KAUSWAGAN or Sustained PROGRESS.
โ๐๐ฏ 2019, ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ 20 ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ,โ Governor Edwin Ongchuan said about the new PSA poverty statistics.
According to the governor, this good news further motivates the provincial government and the 24 municipal LGUs to proceed with programs and projects that would get more people above the poverty line and to stay on track towards making every Nortehanon Marig-on, Mainuswagon, and Malipayon.
โ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช, ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐ช๐จ.โ