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 period in 2021. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr aims to ...

A new book by UNICEF and the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) highlights that one in four Filipino children remains stunted, calling for smarter, targeted investments in maternal and early childhood nutrition to address deep systemic inequalities despite the country's economic growth.

Philippine bishops have urged Catholics and others to demand accountability and transparency from government authorities for the misuse of public funds.

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 latest data from the country's statistics agency.

Thousands were evacuated in coastal provinces of the Philippines on Monday, ahead of a typhoon due to make landfall in a region hit by some of the country's deadliest storms.

Dozens of people are dead after Typhoon Kalmaegi slammed into the Philippines and headed toward Vietnam. Disaster response officials said the storm raced across the central part of the country on Tuesday,