MANILA, Philippines — Millions of Filipino families remain at risk of poverty even as the Philippines moves closer to ...

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 ...

A SHARP drop in self-rated poverty has reopened an old but unresolved question for the Marcos administration: can the ...

Manila:Food poverty in the Philippines fell sharply in the fourth quarter of 2025, signaling easing pressure on households as food access improved ...

The OCTA Q4 2025 survey showed self-rated food poverty dropping by 19 percentage points, from 49 percent in the third quarter ...

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The proportion of Filipino families who consider themselves poor dramatically decreased to 37%, or an estimated 9.8 million ...

MANILA—The percentage of people living below the poverty line in the Philippines has narrowed only slightly, despite robust growth of the Philippine economy over the last few years, according to the ...

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MANILA (Reuters) - 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 ...