Malacañang on Monday said hunger incidence and poverty self-rating among Filipinos have declined, crediting the ...

Addressing hunger should be a national priority since it impacts productivity and health. While the government leads the way ...

A SHARP drop in self-rated poverty has reopened an old but unresolved question for the Marcos administration: can the Philippines realistically bring poverty down to single-digit levels by the end of ...

BYU’s Fight Malnutrition Club and Bountiful Children’s Foundation hosted a Hunger Banquet on Nov. 17 to raise money for malnourished children in the Philippines. The Hunger Banquet was a simulation of ...

The OCTA Q4 2025 survey showed self-rated food poverty dropping by 19 percentage points, from 49 percent in the third quarter ...

MANILA, Philippines — Fewer Filipinos considered themselves poor even as the hunger rate increased in the last quarter of 2025, an OCTA Research group survey showed. The Dec. 3 to 11 survey showed ...

To truly understand what is happening to the people’s economic well-being, it is necessary to measure it realistically, ...

What is one important lesson we can learn from the Philippines' conditional cash transfer program? Poor and vulnerable families can overcome poverty and deprivation through their own efforts. All they ...

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said poverty and hunger are no longer mere social challenges but issues that have become national security threats. He said insecurity in ...

Sa isang bansang mayaman sa likas na yaman ngunit salat sa pantay na oportunidad, malinaw na ipinapakita ng araw-araw na buhay ng maraming Pilipino kung paano nagiging normal ang kakulangan—at kung ...

What do twenty pounds of bricks feel like? Would it be easier to carry them on your back or your head? At what age would a child be allowed to work in a brickyard? For second-grader Emily Salibian, ...