The Department of Finance (DOF) assured the public that lifting eight million Filipinos from poverty by 2028 is doable.
In a news forum over the weekend, Undersecretary Domini Velasquez said that she is bullish about the Philippines becoming an “upper middle-income country” in 2025.
“So, actually, mag-i-increase ng mga aalisin natin sa mahihirap – mga eight million mga kailangan natin, eight million alisin by 2028. Doable naman iyon,” according to Velasquez.
Every Filipino, she added, deserves a better life.
“Dapat araw-araw may nakakatikim na parang nag-i-improve iyong buhay natin ‘di ba. So, kumbaga ang gusto natin iyong mga tao talaga natitikman iyon.”
In 2022, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. committed to brung dpwn the poverty rate to single digits by 2028.IMT
