THE Marcos administration has shielded the country’s poorest families from rising prices by keeping inflation low and sustaining economic growth in 2025, Malacañang said on Sunday. Data show inflation ...
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Plugging the poverty gap

Filipino families were poor in 2023. A family is classified as poor when it earns less than a defined threshold income ...
MANILA, Philippines — Around 800,000 more Filipino families rated themselves poor in July, bringing the total to roughly 11.9 million, a recent survey found. OCTA Research reported on Tuesday, August ...
MANILA (Reuters) - Fe Capco and her five children live in a shack with no running water along a dirt track in eastern Manila. She earns about $100 (61.68 pounds) a month washing clothes and her ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It’s easy to judge from a distance. To look at the grocery cart of a low-income parent and scoff at the soda, cookies and ice cream sandwiches nestled between the rice and ramen.
Rigorous new research appears to show that monthly checks intended to help disadvantaged children did little for their well-being, adding a new element to a dispute over expanded government aid. By ...