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...
(Unsplash) The House of Representatives will make combating poverty its top priority this 2025--with the vaunted quinta-committee (quinta-comm) being its main weapon. Thus, said Assistant Majority Leader Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre following a...
John Louie Abrina/Manila Bulletin A Social Weather Stations (SWS) non-commissioned survey released on Wednesday, Jan. 8 revealed that Filipino families considering themselves poor increased to 63 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024–the highest self-rated poverty in 21 years. In the survey...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker’s office) The administration of President Marcos is winning in its fight against poverty. Thus, said House Speaker Martin Romualdez in reaction...
Photo from Pixabay The Social Weather Stations (SWS) non-commissioned survey for the third quarter of 2024 revealed an increase in involuntary hunger among Filipino families compared to the second quarter. Based on the results released on Thursday, Oct. 17, 22.9 percent of Filipino families...
(Photo by Arnold Quizol/Manila Bulletin) More Filipinos have rated themselves as “mahirap” or poor in the third quarter of 2024, based on the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from Sept. 14 to 23. In its report released on Wednesday, Oct. 9, SWS found that 59 percent of Filipino...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reiterated on Friday, July 19th, its commitment to enhance the lives and welfare of every Filipino through investments in human capital, in response to the latest survey results from the Social Weather Stations (SWS), which showed a...
(Photo from Pixabay) A survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) from June 23 to July 1 revealed that 58 percent of Filipino families, estimated at 16 million households, considered themselves “mahirap” or “poor.” This was a significant increase of 12 percentage points from...
Photo from Pixabay A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed that 14.2 percent of Filipino families experienced “involuntary hunger” in the first quarter of 2024, up from 12.6 percent in the last quarter of 2023. SWS defines involuntary hunger as “being hungry and not having anything to...
A survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) revealed that 46 percent of Filipino households, or 12.9 million families, considered themselves "mahirap" or poor in the first quarter of 2024, which is “similar” to 47 percent, or 13 million families, in the fourth quarter of 2023. The survey...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The Marcos administration’s all-encompassing service caravan--the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF)--has helped mitigate poverty and hunger among Filipinos, says House Speaker...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Tuesday, April 23 welcomed the latest results of the OCTA Research “Tugon ng Masa” survey, which showed a decline in self-rated poverty and hunger in the first quarter of 2024. DSWD Assistant Secretary for Disaster Response Management...
