LAST week, in this space, we noted that the percentage of families that experienced involuntary hunger in 2024 almost matched ...

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

In a nation boasting one of the lowest unemployment rates in recent years, the rise of self-rated poverty to record-breaking levels presents a perplexing paradox. This is the reality the Philippines ...

Rallies by major national teachers' association, youth groups precede protests in Manila against vice president ...

Poverty incidence in the country is expected to continue to go down following improvements in the labor market performance ...

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

The fight against poverty has been long-drawn. The highest poverty rate came after the martial law regime. The country’s poverty index was at its worst at 44.2 percent in 1985 in a population of ...

Nearly half of Filipino households (approximately 13.2 million) consider themselves poor consider themselves poor, according ...

MANILA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government aims to reduce the country's poverty incidence to 13.2 percent or lower in 2025, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary ...

Self-rated poverty and hunger spiked in the last quarter of 2024, according to a survey conducted by the OCTA Research group.

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 ...