Despite the country's economic improvement, the number of poor people did not decrease, as only those with higher incomes benefited from the gains, a study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) revealed. Based on a PIDS discussion paper titled “Poverty Transitions and the...
Helping fellow Filipinos should not only be during Christmas, but it should be done every day, Vice President Sara Duterte said on Sunday, Dec. 24, as the Philippines is set to celebrate Christmas. Vice President Sara Duterte (Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook) In her Christmas message, the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker’s office) The economic expansion that the country is undergoing under President Marcos is being felt by Filipinos. Thus, said House Speaker Martin Romualdez as he reacted...
More Filipinos considered themselves poor due to inflation, a Cabinet official said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan discuss high-impact projects during the NEDA Board meeting on Oct. 13, 2023. (Photo courtesy of PCO) National Economic and Development...
More than two million Filipinos were pushed into poverty in the last three years, which the National Economic and Development (NEDA) blamed to the effects of the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic on the economy and employment that brought to 19.99 million total number of poor Filipinos in the country....
Malacañang has attributed the decline in the number of Filipinos rating themselves as poor to the increasing vaccination rate in the country which is key to opening up more economic activities. The Third Quarter 2021 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that from 48 percent in June 2021,...
