Youths are pictured at at a slum area in Baseco, Tondo city, metro Manila MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5% last year from 18.1% in 2021, with rising food prices ...

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 ...

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 ...

Children pray before eating their free meals inside a missionary house during a feeding program funded by a South Korean missionary, at a slum area in Baseco, Tondo city, metro Manila MANILA (Reuters) ...

Tech entrepreneur Diosdado Banatao invented two of the foundation technologies in every PC today. He also devoted his life to ...

MANILA, Philippines – Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte's economic team is aiming to cut the Philippines' poverty rate by at least 30 to 35 percent within his six-year term, focusing on projects to ...

The Philippines is making headway in the fight against poverty, according to the government's official statistics agency, with the national economy continuing to expand at an encouraging rate. The ...

A new law in the Philippines to support those living in poverty has won the praise of Caritas Manila, a Catholic aid agency in the country. "We congratulate and support President Duterte 100% in his ...

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 ...