A UNDP and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative report revealed that 3.9% of Filipinos—or 4.47 million people—are ...

MANILA—The percentage of people living below the poverty line in the Philippines has narrowed only slightly, despite robust growth of the Philippine economy over the last few years, according to the ...

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 ...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5% last year from 18.1% in 2021, with rising food prices limiting the reduction in the number of poor, the government's statistics agency ...

Philippine bishops have urged Catholics and others to demand accountability and transparency from government authorities for ...

The Philippines is making headway in the fight against poverty, according to the government's official statistics agency, with the national economy continuing to expand at an encouraging rate. The ...

The latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealing that 55 percent of Filipino families—some 15.5 million households—consider themselves poor is a crucial alarm bell for the nation. This ...

A new book by UNICEF and the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) highlights that one in four Filipino ...

LONDON, Oct 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mark Sultan Gersava grew up in poverty, one of 12 children of a slash-and-burn subsistence farmer in the Philippines province of Sultan Kudarat. Today he ...

MANILA, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Close to four million people in the Philippines became poor in the first half of the year due to pandemic-induced lockdown measures that dried up jobs and reduced domestic ...

Why the prize fighter is entering politics in his home country. A political candidate was recently elected who is a bigger celebrity than Donald Trump, talks more about his personal relationship with ...