Fewer Filipino families identified themselves as poor by the end of 2025, but a growing number of households also said they ...

Fifty-five percent, or more than half of Filipino families, considered themselves poor, according to results of a survey by Stratbase and Social Weather Stations (SWS) for the first quarter of 2025.

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino families who consider themselves poor have increased for the third straight month, according to the latest self-rated poverty survey by the Stratbase Group and Social ...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) programs to break intergenerational poverty and fight involuntary ...

MANILA -- The blaze raced through flimsy shanties in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the Philippine capital, fanned by the salty seafront breeze, Nally Elariog recalled. Within hours, she and ...

MANILA, Philippines — Around 4.5 million Filipino families no longer consider themselves poor in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to Octa research’s Tugon ng Masa (TNM) survey. Based on its ...

The number of Filipinos experiencing hunger has dropped, according to a survey by independent pollster Social Weather Stations (SWS). The drop comes as the World Bank also predicts a drop in the ...

The most common health risk affecting pregnant women in the Philippines is the lack of proper nutritional support, which ...