A UNDP and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative report revealed that 3.9% of Filipinos—or 4.47 million people—are ...

MANILA, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 22.4% or 25.24 million people in the first half of 2023, the government's statistics agency said on Friday, from 23.7% in the same ...

A UNDP and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative report revealed that 3.9% of Filipinos—or 4.47 million people—are “multidimensionally poor,” with the largest deprivations coming from ...

Last month, tens of thousands of Filipinos took to the streets following a series of revelations that some of the country’s ...

A STUDY by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) ...

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 ...

The country is hit by some 20 storms and typhoons a year, striking disaster-prone areas where millions live in poverty.

The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), together with the City Government of Davao and other national agencies, held a wreath-laying ceremony on Friday, October 17, 2025 at Leon Garcia Sr.

The storm is forecast to bring heavy rainfall and up to 2m high waves that will cause coastal flooding. Read more at ...

Severe Tropical Storm Bualoi, the 15th tropical cyclone in the Philippines this year, continues to lash the central islands ...

Sources: Deininger and Squire, 1996, and Philippines, National Statistics Office, 1994. Although an improvement in income distribution is often accompanied by a decrease in the poverty rate (absent a ...

The death toll from Typhoon Opong (international name: Bualoi) rose to 11 in the Philippines on Saturday as the cyclone bore down on Vietnam, authorities said.