Eastern Visayas records growth but still among country’s poorest–PSA

TACLOBAN CITY—Eastern Visayas remained one of the poorest regions in the country despite a 2-percent drop in poverty incidence last year, according to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The PSA, in a report released on Tuesday, said the poverty incidence among families in the region was recorded at 20.3 percent in its last