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Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr. described the QC Puhunang Pangkaunlaran Sikap Buhay (PPSB) program "as one of the city’s  investments in productivity that lead to enterprise creation and job generation."


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In a recent speech before the Quezon City Development Council at the Philippine Social Science Center, Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr. gave his assurance that city will continue to identify poverty alleviation measures that would effectively respond to needs of the city’s underprivileged sector.


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Microfinance gaining ground in Quezon City

By Perseus Echeminada | November 16, 2006 - 12:00am

Quezon City’s own version of the highly successful Grameen Bank’s microcredit that benefited thousands of Bangladesh poor is "growing by leaps and bounds" and bringing economic empowerment...

Metro

DLSU assists QC’s Sikap Buhay program

By Perseus Echeminada | September 22, 2006 - 12:00am

De La Salle University (DLSU) business professors are now assisting the Quezon City government in providing entrepreneurial training to urban poor applicants for no-collateral micro-finance loans under the city’s...

Metro

QC begins anti-poverty survey

By Perseus Echeminada | August 9, 2006 - 12:00am

Quezon City’s anti-poverty integration task force is now undertaking a comprehensive census on the city’s poor residents to determine indicators and gather input that would be used as the basis...

Metro

QC gov’t revitalizes anti-poverty program

March 2, 2006 - 12:00am

The Quezon City government has revitalized its poverty alleviation program to deliver much needed basic services to the city’s 2.4 million residents, particularly those in poor communities. In a recent speech...

Metro