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

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

MANILA—While the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) scholarships significantly improve graduates' ...

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

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

Driving around Manila, you can see a vast difference in life and socio-economic status. The Philippines is like a lot of third world countries where the rich are very rich and the poor are very poor ...

Philippine Sociological Review, Vol. 21, No. 3/4, NATIONAL CONVENTION '73: Papers from the Philippine Sociological Society's National Convention 1973 (July–October 1973), pp. 215-221 (7 pages) A ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino families say they now need at least P12,000 monthly to stay out of poverty, with those in Metro Manila placing the threshold even higher at P20,000, the latest Social ...

Reporting from MANILA — Christian Nilo has grown up with poverty and corruption, with barely enough to eat and teachers who demand bribes in exchange for passing grades. Two years ago, when he was 20, ...

When summer heat comes to the Arara neighborhood in northern Rio, it lingers, baking the red brick and concrete that make up many of the buildings long after the sun has gone down. Luis Cassiano, ...