PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur — Family poverty in Agusan del Sur has dropped sharply from 23.4% in 2023 to 13.9%, putting the province ahead of schedule on its medium-term development roadmap, Gov. Santiago B. Cane Jr. announced during his annual State of the Province Address (SOPA) on Friday. Delivering the address under the banner “A Province that Delivers” at the Gov. Democrito O. Plaza Government Center Covered Court, Cane cited precision agriculture, key rural road links, and targeted healthcare investments as the primary drivers behind the nearly 10-percentage-point decline. The latest Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Family Income and Expenditure Survey figures […]...

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