Close to nine million children aged 0 to 18 are being supported by the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) ...

The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is an important program for the government’s bid to bring down poverty rates in ...

The DSWD cannot do it by its lonesome but in close coordination with other agencies using a whole-of-government approach” The Philippine Development Plan ...

Self-rated poverty and hunger spiked in the last quarter of 2024, according to a survey conducted by the OCTA Research group. The survey, conducted from Nov. 10 to 16, found that 50 percent of the ...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to partner with various government agencies to help ...

LAST week, in this space, we noted that the percentage of families that experienced involuntary hunger in 2024 almost matched the figure at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. This was borne ...

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 ...

Yesterday, the protest rally that began at 1 p.m. in Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila was billed as“Kilos Bayan Laban sa Kahirapan, Korapsyon at Kawalang Pananagutan (People’s Action against Poverty, ...

The Makati City government’s program in social services, health care, and education have greatly improved the lives of its residents and decreased ...

THE work of reducing poverty in the land is like letting drops of water fall on a rock. You hope to make a crack, but you do not know when.