Self-rated poverty among Filipino households declined slightly in early 2026, but food insecurity increased, indicating a fragile recovery for households, according to a survey...
The proportion of Filipino families who consider themselves poor dramatically decreased to 37%, or an estimated 9.8 million families, in the fourth quarter of...
"We must emphasize the urgent need to bridge the gap between aspiration and reality through a recalibration of the government’s anti-poverty strategy"
FIVE out of...
"The corruption scandal exposes the truth: infrastructure budgets are Manila’s piggy bank, the regions get the mud"
FIFTY percent. Not a statistic—a national cry of...
Half of Filipino families (50%), or about 14.2 million, consider themselves poor in September 2025, slightly higher than the 49%, or 13.7 million families,...
A new survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS) has revealed encouraging signs in poverty alleviation, as more Filipino families now consider themselves “Not Poor”...
Nearly half of Filipino households (approximately 13.2 million) consider themselves poor consider themselves poor, according to the latest Tugon ng Masa (TNM) nationwide survey...
The number of Filipinos who consider themselves poor hit a record low of 38 percent, the latest Social Weather Stations’ survey revealed on Tuesday,...
A majority of Filipinos considered themselves as poor, the latest Social Weather Stations survey revealed Tuesday.
The SWS survey, conducted from Sept. 15 to 23,...
FEWER Filipinos consider themselves poor with the latest poll on self-rated poverty hit a new record low, local pollster Social Weather Stations said Thursday.
The...
