LONDON, Oct 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mark Sultan Gersava grew up in poverty, one of 12 children of a slash-and-burn subsistence farmer in the Philippines province of Sultan Kudarat. Today he ...

Let me start by extending our warmest greetings to Secretary Arsi Balisacan, NEDA Secretary; to our distinguished panelists, to the Representatives from the private sector, civil society, the academe ...

I am pleased to welcome you to today’s media briefing on the Philippines Poverty Assessment report, entitled “ Making Growth Work for the Poor: A Poverty Assessment for the Philippines.” The Report ...

MANILA, Aug 15 (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 ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Poverty worsened in the Philippines in the first half of 2014 due to government restrictions on rice imports and the lingering effects of a killer typhoon, an official said ...

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (PIA) – The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-9 tackled various issues raised by stakeholders and development partners across the region during the ...

BANGKOK (AlertNet) – Children growing up in the poorest urban areas in the Philippines are increasingly worse off than those in rural regions and face greater risks from natural disasters, ...

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 ...

TULSA, Okla. — All February, FOX23 has shared stories from ten Tulsans who travelled to the Philippines to help young girls escaping sex trafficking. FOX23's Investigative Reporter Janna Clark was ...

Last month, a group of educators, scholars and other prominent individuals filed a petition in the Supreme Court questioning the policies of the government which mandate the use of English as medium ...