In teeming Manila, where poverty runs deep and millions lack adequate shelter, some of the living have found refuge among the ...

MANILA – Malacañang on Tuesday said the government continues to listen to the economic concerns of Filipinos, following a ...

"We must emphasize the urgent need to bridge the gap between aspiration and reality through a recalibration of the government ...

Half of Filipino families (50%), or about 14.2 million, consider themselves poor in September 2025, slightly higher than the ...

Self-Rated Poverty has remained highest in Mindanao at 69% as of September 2025, according to a survey done from ...

The latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey reveals a concerning reality: half of Filipino families—a staggering 14.2 million households—still rate themselves as poor. This figure, unchanged from ...

Rice prices have soared in the Philippines in recent months. The dietary staple, which accounts for over 20 percent of the food budget of poor families, has become increasingly unaffordable. Ronnel ...

MANILA -- The blaze raced through flimsy shanties in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the Philippine capital, fanned by the salty seafront breeze, Nally Elariog recalled. Within hours, she and ...

The Energy Regulatory Commission is moving to raise the lifeline rate consumption threshold to expand free electricity access ...

Sin breeds poverty, hunger, and grave socioeconomic disparities. Remedies for this sickness cannot include that which ...

MANILA (Reuters) - Armed with gloves, rubber boots and a rake, "Mangrove Warrior" Willer Gualva, 68, comes to Freedom Island in the Philippines almost every day to stop it being engulfed by trash. No ...