Jose Toribio, a taxi driver in Manila, is up at five in the morning. He makes his cup of coffee and eats some pandesal, or salt bread, known as the “poor man’s bread” for being a cheap staple in the ...

INTERNATIONAL money transfers from foreign workers to their families at home reduce poverty in developing economies, with stronger cash inflows linked to declines in poverty incidence, depth and ...

MANILA, June 4, 2026 — The Philippines can end poverty and become a predominantly middle-class society by 2040, but only if it acts now through comprehensive reforms that address the barriers to job ...

MANILA, Philippines – National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Chairperson Nancy Alaan Catamco and National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) Lead Convenor Secretary Lope Santos III on Monday ...

Two-in-one challenge: Study shows poverty directly correlates with dynastic politics Beneath the gleaming towers of Makati (financial district of Manila, where glass and steel rise as symbols of ...

Driving around Manila, you can see a vast difference in life and socio-economic status. The Philippines is like a lot of third world countries where the rich are very rich and the poor are very poor ...

More Filipinos are poorer today compared to 2018, according to the latest official data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Citing its Family Income and Expenditure Survey, the PSA ...