Despite being known as one of the more developed provinces in Region 4A or CALABARZON, data from the Philippine Statistics ...

The number of poor families in Batangas increase in 2023 despite the province being a part of the rapidly-growing CALABARZON ...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is a human development ...

Unemployment and poverty remain two of the most pressing socio-economic challenges in the country, deeply intertwined and mutually reinforcing. While the country’s unemployment rate stood at 3.1 ...

The Philippines, known for its resilience and warmth, faces a pressing issue: hunger and malnutrition. To combat this ...

MANILA, Philippines — Self-rated poverty and hunger spiked in the last ... found that 50 percent of the respondents consider their families “poor.” This translates to 13.2 million poor ...

MANILA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government aims to reduce the country's poverty incidence to 13.2 percent or lower in 2025, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary ...

UPBP is one of the newest programs of the MSSD that aims to improve the well-being of poor households in the Bangsamoro region through the provision of livelihood seed capital and skills training.

The Philippine score is 34; it is more corrupt than the rest of the world. In 2019, the world beat its extreme poverty goal, with only 8.4 percent of the population living below the poverty line ...