Youths are pictured at at a slum area in Baseco, Tondo city, metro Manila MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5% last year from 18.1% in 2021, with rising food prices ...

WHILE nongovernmental organizations and charity groups have mission statements that claim to uplift the lives of impoverished families, assistance is often restricted by donations and charity funds ...

"We must emphasize the urgent need to bridge the gap between aspiration and reality through a recalibration of the government ...

Half of Filipino families perceive themselves as poor, according to a survey from the Social Weather Survey published.

MANILA, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 22.4% or 25.24 million people in the first half of 2023, the government's statistics agency said on Friday, from 23.7% in the same ...

Senator Jinggoy Estrada has filed a measure seeking to expand the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and increase cash ...

A new book by UNICEF and the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) highlights that one in four Filipino children remains stunted, calling for smarter, targeted investments in maternal ...

RMIT University researchers will examine how improving agriculture can reduce poverty in conflict areas of The Philippines, thanks to a $AUS1.4 million grant. The ...

MOUNT DIWATA, Philippines — Too poor to afford school beyond fourth grade in the southern Philippines, 19-year-old Johnny Buyo walked away from home six months ago to join the communist rebellion — ...

HOW we understand and measure poverty has evolved. From early income-based definitions, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s ...

Two clergymen have warned of increased hardship and a potential poverty disaster after the Philippine government announced it would implement strict Covid-19 lockdowns in the country’s poorest regions ...