The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announces the conduct of the 2021 First Semester Official Poverty Statistics Press Conference on 17 December 2021 (Friday) at 9:00 AM through video conferencing using Zoom.

National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua, and PSA Undersecretary Dennis S. Mapa, Ph.D., National Statistician and Civil Registrar General, will be the resource persons for the event.

Highlights of the press conference will be tweeted live all throughout the duration of the press conference through the PSA Official Twitter account @PSAgovph, and will be live-streamed in the PSA official Facebook page. The hashtag to be used is #PHPovertyStats.

Details of the video conference will be sent via email.

- Social Sector Statistics Service, Sectoral Statistics Office