Philippine bishops have urged Catholics and others to demand accountability and transparency from government authorities for ...
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 ...
A new book by UNICEF and the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) highlights that one in four Filipino ...
ABOUT 3.9% of the Philippine population can be classified as suffering from “multidimensional” poverty, meaning poor in terms ...
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 ...
In teeming Manila, where poverty runs deep and millions lack adequate shelter, some of the living have found refuge among the ...
LAS VEGAS—For the first time since I've known him, I can now picture Manny Pacquiao as the future resident of Malacanang Palace. Really, I mean it. With a mixture of the usual prefight boxing hype and ...
Pope Francis on Friday demanded leaders in the Philippines end "scandalous social inequalities", hitting out at corruption in a nation where tens of millions of Catholics endure brutal poverty. The ...