In 25 years, the Philippines suffered massive declines on three fronts: 1) in the output and growth rate of agriculture, once the economy’s mainstay and biggest employer; 2) in economic growth, down ...

MANILA, Philippines — The biggest threats to the Philippines in the next two years are an economic downturn and poverty, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). The Global Risks Report 2025 ...

This is an important research discovery, made possible by a unique, made-in-the-Philippines system of monitoring poverty on a quarterly basis. Reviewing poverty in the past year. For 2024, the ...

The poverty rate in the Philippines dropped to 15.5 percent in 2023 from 18.1 percent in 2021, which the government translates into 2.4 million Filipinos lifted above the poverty line. "With the ...

Guimaras has made remarkable strides to reduce poverty in the island province, records from the Philippine Statistics ...

In 2022, the World Risk Index ranked the Philippines as the country with the highest disaster risk. What’s more, widespread poverty is a major obstacle to children reaching their full potential; girls ...

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has urged the faithful to rekindle their hope amid all the ...

In 1999, the Philippines was a developing country adjudged by the World Bank to be of middle-middle-incomes status…A quarter-century later, the ...

A conviction would hamper the political ambitions of Sara Duterte, who has said that she would like to succeed President ...

the first fund focused on eradicating income and access poverty in the Philippines, and Leah Callon-Butler, director of Emfarsis and screenwriter of the recent “Play to Earn” documentary.

Vice President Sara Duterte of the Philippines was impeached by lawmakers Wednesday, further escalating political tensions in a strategically important U.S. ally in Asia.