The Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) on Thursday underscored the role of reclamation in easing flooding, reducing ...
Self-Rated Poverty has remained highest in Mindanao at 69% as of September 2025, according to a survey done from ...
The Manila Times on MSNOpinion
Measuring poverty in the age of climate change
HOW we understand and measure poverty has evolved. From early income-based definitions, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s ...
A STUDY by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) ...
"We must emphasize the urgent need to bridge the gap between aspiration and reality through a recalibration of the government ...
Half of Filipino families (50%), or about 14.2 million, consider themselves poor in September 2025, slightly higher than the ...
Khaleej Times on MSN
Photos: Poverty forces these Filipinos to live among the dead, become cemetery dwellers
These graveyard residents tap into existing power lines for electricity and pay 3 pesos per gallon of water from nearby wells ...
Rice prices have soared in the Philippines in recent months. The dietary staple, which accounts for over 20 percent of the food budget of poor families, has become increasingly unaffordable. Ronnel ...
In teeming Manila, where poverty runs deep and millions lack adequate shelter, some of the living have found refuge among the dead. Laileah Cuetara's shanty sits atop a pair of raised tombs inside the ...
JUAN dela Cruz and 20 of his neighbors in a remote village in southern Mindanao are rejoicing. They sell their mangoes every year to an ethical enterprise and receive high prices from them; they also ...
Some Filipinos in Manila have have sought shelter in public graveyards Many say have permission to live in the graveyards in exchange for keeping them clean Poverty in Manila runs deep and millions ...
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