In this March 24, 2020 photo, a sign that prohibits non-residents from entering the area is hung at the entrance of a slum area as two men sit outside while the city goes on enhanced community ...

Few things are more frustrating than when the government releases statistics that require an explanation from technical experts for anyone to make sense of them. But flaws and unduly complicated ...

Youths are pictured at at a slum area in Baseco, Tondo city, metro Manila MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5% last year from 18.1% in 2021, with rising food prices ...

MANILA, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Close to four million people in the Philippines became poor in the first half of the year due to pandemic-induced lockdown measures that dried up jobs and reduced domestic ...

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 ...