MANILA, Philippines — Filipino families say they now need at least P12,000 monthly to stay out of poverty, with those in Metro Manila placing the threshold even higher at P20,000, the latest Social ...

A new book by UNICEF and the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) highlights that one in four Filipino ...

MANILA (Reuters) - The typhoon's name was Hagupit, which means "whiplash" in Filipino, and for the poverty-stricken rice farmers, fishermen, village workers and children of the eastern central ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino families who consider themselves poor have increased for the third straight month, according to the latest self-rated poverty survey by the Stratbase Group and Social ...

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 ...

MANILA: Residents sought refuge on rooftops and cars floated through flooded streets on Tuesday (Nov 4) as Typhoon Kalmaegi ...

MANILA -- The blaze raced through flimsy shanties in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the Philippine capital, fanned by the salty seafront breeze, Nally Elariog recalled. Within hours, she and ...

Country Director for Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand, World Bank Dr. Ndiamé Diop, from Senegal, is the World Bank Country Director for Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand. In this ...