The biggest threats to the Philippines in the next two years are an economic downturn and poverty, according to the World ...

Economic downturn, poverty and inequality and inflation are the major risks for the Philippines in 2025, according to the ...

The number of Filipinos who deem themselves poor and food-poor is at its highest in two decades, the Social Weather Stations ...

Filipino families who consider themselves poor continued to increase in the fourth quarter of 2024, with half of them—the ...

For every 1,000 people, only 0.5 hospital beds are available on average. This needs to be tripled to 1.5 beds, the Department ...

President Marcos’ recent statement about the Philippines potentially achieving upper middle-income status in 2025 is both ambitious and inspiring. His remarks at the Malacañang Vin d’Honneur signaled ...

The Makati City government’s program in social services, health care, and education have greatly improved the lives of its ...

Funds for the social and health protection of the country’s poorest have been channelled to politicians for their pet ...

The Philippine Statistics Authority says that nearly 1 in 5 Filipinos are living below the poverty line – but the real number could be a lot higher.

In 2022, the World Risk Index ranked the Philippines as the country with the highest disaster risk. What’s more, widespread poverty is a major obstacle to children reaching their full potential; girls ...

Creating 19 prosthetic limbs for 13 children in under a week might seem like a daunting task, but Robert Schulman has never ...

A FAMILY of five in Cebu, including its three highly urbanized cities (HUCs), needs a monthly income of at least P14,835 to ...