500 stakeholders tackle anti-poverty moves in Bohol

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol -- At least 500 stakeholders from civil societies and people's organizations convened on Friday to strengthen further local anti-poverty initiatives. The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) has introduced a five-year strategic framework development plan or the "Sambayanihan Serbisyong Sambayanan" to answer the need to reduce poverty by developing rural and urban agriculture and industry. NAPC Secretary Noel Felongco said they were working with provincial governments and other local stakeholders to establish an anti-poverty Provincial Consultative Body (PCB). He said the PCB is the participatory and convergence program of NAPC, a convergent consultative...

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