Senator Rodante Marcoleta raised questions over whether the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) dozen major interventions—amounting to P212.5 billion under the Senate version of the 2026 national budget—are reaching their intended beneficiaries and meaningfully reducing...
A teachers’ group on Thursday, November 6, condemned what it called the government’s “criminal neglect” of education following the revelation that 24.8 million Filipinos are functionally illiterate — a figure it described as “a damning indictment of decades of underfunding and systemic...
Fifty percent of Filipino families rated themselves as poor, 12 percent as “borderline” (between poor and not poor), and 38 percent as not poor, based on the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from Sept. 24 to 30. The results, released on Thursday, Oct. 30, were gathered through...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Monday, June 9 welcomed the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showing fewer families identifying as poor in April, saying it confirms the government’s anti-poverty programs are on the right track. DSWD spokesperson Assistant...
A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from April 23 to 28 found that 50 percent of Filipino families, or an estimated 14.1 million households, rated themselves as poor. This is a five-point decrease from the 55 percent, or about 15.5 million families, reported in an SWS survey conducted...
The government’s flagship poverty alleviation initiative, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), is not a mere handout but a long-term development strategy designed to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex...
Former senator Sonny Angara has officially retained his position as Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd), as announced by the Palace on Tuesday, June 3. This decision signals a strong commitment from the Marcos administration to continue the ongoing education reforms under his...
Malacañang said the recent poverty and food insecurity numbers are concrete signs that President Marcos ' anti-poverty programs are delivering results. File photo Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this after the latest OCTA Research survey showed that the number of Filipino...
Malacañang assured the public that the Marcos administration is expanding its anti-poverty programs following a survey showing a rise in self-rated poverty among Filipinos. Unsplash A recent StratBase-SWS survey showed that 55 percent of Filipino families rated themselves as poor in April,...
SWS Fifty-five percent of Filipino families rated themselves “mahirap” (poor) in April, up by three points from 52 percent in March, based on the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from April 11 to 15. The survey, commissioned by Stratbase Consultancy, estimated that the...
While the Philippines has made strides in reducing poverty, uncertainties wrought by the looming global trade war may reverse some gains, according to the World Bank. "Employment indicators suggest continued poverty reduction since 2023. The unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent in 2024 (from 4.4...
The percentage of Filipino families who consider themselves “mahirap” or poor slightly increased to 52 percent in March, equivalent to around 14.4 million households, based on the Stratbase-Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from March 15 to 20. This figure was up from 51 percent...
