While over 90% of Filipinos can read and write, just 70% can comprehend what they read — with the disparity reaching its most ...

Fifty-two percent or around 14.4 million Filipino families last March considered themselves poor, based on the results of the ...

The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) on Wednesday touted progress in the government’s poverty reduction efforts, ...

MANILA, Philippines — The biggest threats to the Philippines in the next two years are an economic downturn and poverty, ...

Malacañang on Tuesday thumbed down claims that the country is in a state of darkness or decline, countering that the ...

A recent survey by the Social Weather Stations, a leading Philippine polling firm, revealed a staggering increase in self-rated poverty among Filipino families, with 63 percent of respondents ...

Nathalie Mago's work day begins after she's tucked her three daughters into bed and flicked off the lights in their house north of the Philippine capital Manila. As her young family sleeps, she fires ...

The Philippines as a favored investment destination ... which in turn lead to higher purchasing power and lower poverty incidence.

with over 700 million people worldwide living in extreme poverty—on less than P123.70 per day. In the Philippines, the situation is equally dire. As of 2023, approximately 10 percent of the population ...

Philippine business leaders are staying in their lane as they lure more investments and strengthen trade ties with other economies. However, it is still “too early” to gauge the impact of ...

Job-seeking platform Upwork lists the Philippines among the top five countries churning out virtual assistants, alongside India, Nigeria, Pakistan and the United States.