{"id":265269,"date":"2020-08-14T05:44:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T09:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=265269"},"modified":"2020-08-14T08:07:52","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T12:07:52","slug":"pinoys-grim-outlook-in-life-understandable-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/14\/pinoys-grim-outlook-in-life-understandable-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinoys’ grim outlook in life \u2018understandable\u2019: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Store owners occupy the sidewalk for their merchandise prompting passers-by to walk on the road along Barangay 176, Bagong Silang-Kanan, Caloocan City on Thursday (July 30, 2020). (PNA photo by Ben Briones)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 It is no longer a surprise that the majority of Filipinos believe their lives got worse in the past 12 months, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Friday.<\/p>\n

In a press statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the Palace already expected the results of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) poll, which found that 79 percent of Filipinos were not happy with the quality of their life in the past 12 months.<\/p>\n

Roque said it is understandable for most Filipinos to think that way, considering that the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) \u201chas indeed adversely affected our economy and people\u2019s livelihood and business.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand this public sentiment, considering that our government economists have mentioned that prior to Covid-19, the Philippines was among the fastest-growing economies in the region, with low and stable inflation and lowest ever rates of unemployment, underemployment, and poverty,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The SWS, in its July 3-6 survey, bared that 79 percent of 1,555 respondents considered themselves \u201closers\u201d as their lives worsened, while only 8 percent believed they were \u201cgainers\u201d as their lives improved.<\/p>\n

It, nevertheless, noted that the highest number of people whose lives got worse was recorded in May 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 79 percent proportion of losers in July 2020 is the second-highest proportion recorded by SWS. It is next only to the record-high 83 percent in May 2020,\u201d the SWS said.<\/p>\n

To mitigate the socioeconomic impact of Covid-19 and eventually improve Filipinos\u2019 lives, Roque said the country\u2019s economic managers have prepared a \u201cwhole-of-society\u201d program called Recharge PH.<\/p>\n

He said the Recharge PH intends to \u201crefocus, sharpen the design and accelerate the implementation of programs under the 2020 General Appropriations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will implement Recharge PH within 2020 and into 2021 and will be incorporated in the Updated Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022,\u201d Roque said, assuring the public that the priority projects under the government\u2019s ambitious \u201cBuild, Build, Build\u201d infrastructure program have also started, subject to health and safety protocols.<\/p>\n

He said the key infrastructure projects would help create jobs and stimulate the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are guided by \u2018Ingat buhay para sa hanapbuhay\u2019 (protect life for livelihood) as we resolve to recover gradually,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

In March, President Rodrigo Duterte imposed quarantine protocols deemed as one of the strictest measures imposed by a country to arrest the spread of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Duterte eventually eased the health and quarantine rules to gradually reopen the economy and help the country recover from the health crisis.<\/p>\n

He, however, decided to place Metro Manila and the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Rizal, and Laguna under the stricter modified enhanced community quarantine until August 18 due to the sudden spike in infections in these areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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