The poverty statistics released by the National Statistics Coordination Board (NSCB) in February 2011 showed Benguet to be the least poor among 81 provinces in the entire country. In Family Poverty Incidence, Benguet had 4 percent higher only than the highly urbanized cities of the National Capital Region. The rest of the provinces in continue reading : Benguet is least poor among provinces
CAR planted 3,481,812 trees under the National Greening Program
In compliance to the National Greening Program (NGP), the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) planted 3,481,812 trees in 6,932 hectares of land as of December 2011. By province, the number of hectares planted were 1,086 in Abra; 1,181 in Apayao; 1,424 in Benguet; 984 in Ifugao; 1,450 in Kalinga; and 807 in Mountain Province. continue reading : CAR planted 3,481,812 trees under the National Greening Program