MANILA, Philippines --- The Philippines has performed well in curbing poverty and teenage tobacco use as part of its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets. But it performed badly in reducing unemployment and increasing per capita income. These are reflected in data that the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) presented on Monday to the Senate Committee on Sustainable Development Goals, Innovation, and Futures Thinking during a hearing on the country's SDG performance. Poverty cut in half by 2030 According to the PSA report, the Philippines is on track to cutting in half the proportion of the population living in poverty. The proportion was 18.1% in 2021, 16.7% in 2018, a...Keep on reading: PH SDG score: Good in curbing poverty, teenage smoking