The biggest threats to the Philippines in the next two years are an economic downturn and poverty, according to the World ...

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

President Marcos’ recent statement about the Philippines potentially achieving upper middle-income status in 2025 is both ambitious and inspiring. His remarks at the Malacañang Vin d’Honneur signaled ...

Economic downturn, poverty and inequality and inflation are the major risks for the Philippines in 2025, according to the ...

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

The Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) “Walang Gutom Kitchen" (no hunger) program should be expanded ...

Sixty-three percent or around 17.4 million families considered themselves poor, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) ...

The recent Social Weather Survey (SWS) revealing that about 63 percent of Filipino families rated themselves as “poor” in December 2024 serves as a sobering reminder of the ongoing economic challenges ...

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.

Australian boxing champ Mark Schleibs says like many other Filipinos, he knows how it feels to live in poverty. “Being Filipino and coming from poverty I want to make something of myself to make ...

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 ...