Self-rated poverty in the country dropped to 37 percent in the last quarter of 2025 from 54 percent in the third quarter, ...
Fewer Filipino families identified themselves as poor by the end of 2025, but a growing number of households also said they ...
An estimated 4.5 million Filipino families no longer consider themselves poor as shown in the self-rated poverty, registering the largest single-quarter improvement ever observed, declining by 17 ...
Manila:Food poverty in the Philippines fell sharply in the fourth quarter of 2025, signaling easing pressure on households as food access improved ...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) attributed the sharp decline in food poverty in the last quarter of 2025 to the sustained ...
The proportion of Filipino families who consider themselves poor dramatically decreased to 37%, or an estimated 9.8 million ...
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 ...
Public opinion pollster OCTA Research reported Tuesday significant improvements in Filipinos' self-ratings for both poverty ...
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Persistent poverty

The latest percentage of households rating themselves as Mahirap/Poor was 51, as of the end of November (“Fourth Quarter 2025 ...
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Filipino street food shaped by poverty and necessity

The video examines pagpag, a controversial street food found in parts of the Philippines. Preparation methods show how ...
This year’s P39-wage increase in Northern Mindanao will be implemented in two tranches: P25 on January 16 and P14 on May 1 ...
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 ...