Struggling to make both ends meet with the minimum wage

Struggling to make both ends meet with the minimum wage

mid the soaring prices of basic commodities, what could the meager P404 ($9.39) minimum wage provide for a family of four?

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Bulatlat.com

MANILA –Alma Honrado, 39, a factory worker for 11 years, walks to work at Bleustar Manufacturing and Marketing Corporation (BMMC). The factory of BMMC, the maker of Advan boots and shoes, inside the RMT compound in Muntinlupa City is less than one kilometer away from her house in San Antonio, San Pedro, Laguna.

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