I had no advance hint of last Thursday’s Inquirer headline, “SWS: Self-Rated Poverty at 63%, highest since ’03” (Inquirer.net ...

Filipino families who consider themselves poor continued to increase in the fourth quarter of 2024, with half of them—the ...

The number of Filipinos who deem themselves poor and food-poor is at its highest in two decades, the Social Weather Stations ...

The Philippine Statistics Authority says that nearly 1 in 5 Filipinos are living below the poverty line – but the real number could be a lot higher.

An estimated 17.4 million Filipino families deemed themselves poor in the last quarter of 2024, the highest in over two ...

Amid heightened geopolitical tensions, the Philippines’ economy is expected to remain robust, growing at an average rate of 6.0 percent over 2024-2026 and sustaining poverty reduction. The Philippine ...

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) reiterates its call for the House of Representatives to immediately pass ...

In 2022, the World Risk Index ranked the Philippines as the country with the highest disaster risk. What’s more, widespread poverty is a major obstacle to children reaching their full potential; girls ...

The Marcos administration has made 2024 a banner year for economic achievements and has once again successfully positioned ...

Pervasive in-work poverty is the main challenge facing labor policy. The reduction of in-work poverty hinges on removing constraints to gainful employment in both supply side (better education and ...

As a leading organization in poverty alleviation, Gawad Kalinga works to build empowered communities through various initiatives, from livelihood programs to education and housing. PlayTime is honored ...

PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand Marcos Jr signed the 2025 Budget into law on Monday (Dec 30), saying a planned 10 per cent ...