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

Two key figures from the House of Representatives aired opposing views on the high self-rated poverty figures, as shown by a ...

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 Department of Social Welfare and Development will expand its “Walang Gutom Kitchen” initiative to provincial areas this ...

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

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

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 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.

would support economic growth and reduce poverty. The spending is higher than a projection of 6.18 trillion pesos announced ...

the first fund focused on eradicating income and access poverty in the Philippines, and Leah Callon-Butler, director of Emfarsis and screenwriter of the recent “Play to Earn” documentary.