Despite a modest drop in its poverty rate, Bukidnon remains among the poorest provinces in the Philippines, with 27 percent ...

MANILA - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5% last year from 18.1% in 2021, with rising food prices limiting the reduction in the number of poor, the government's statistics agency said on ...

MANILA, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 22.4% or 25.24 million people in the first half of 2023, the government's statistics agency said on Friday, from 23.7% in the same ...

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Cultural and religious norms, poverty and weak law enforcement continue to drive cases of child marriage in Sulu and ...

The family, including children aged two and 11 years old, were crushed to death in their sleep when a giant palm tree fell on ...