At just 12, Eugene Dela Cruz was homeless, sleeping under tricycles and begging for bread on Manila's streets.

IN the often-cynical world of Philippine politics, where promises are plenty and delivery is rare, one man briefly captured ...

The Philippine Poverty Reduction Summit 2025 (PPRS25) concluded on Tuesday with a strong call to action for deeper ...

This is the first trap of poverty. What I'd like you to do is, know that your social status is not who you are. It's where you are. And when you embrace an identity that you are great — no more a ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino families who consider themselves poor continued to increase in the fourth quarter of 2024, with half of them—the highest in more than 20 years — rating ...

A total of 150,000 school bags have been distributed to several public and private schools in the first district of Batangas, ...

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 said on Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines — Fifty-two percent or around 14.4 million Filipino families last March considered themselves poor, based on the results of the latest self-rated poverty survey of the Social ...

A South Korean man in his 50s has been arrested in the Philippines on charges of child abuse, human trafficking and sexual ...

MANILA, Philippines ... From 50 percent in November 2024, self-rated poverty dropped to 42 percent in the non-commissioned survey conducted from April 10 to 16.

MANILA, Philippines — Fifty-two percent or around 14.4 million Filipino families last March considered themselves poor, based on the results of the latest self-rated poverty survey of the Social ...

Increase to benefit 1.2m workers; labor groups hit ‘measly’ hike Some 1.2 million minimum wage earners in Metro Manila will ...