Youths are pictured at at a slum area in Baseco, Tondo city, metro Manila MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5% last year from 18.1% in 2021, with rising food prices ...

Tech entrepreneur Diosdado Banatao invented two of the foundation technologies in every PC today. He also devoted his life to ...

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 ...

MOUNT DIWATA, Philippines — Too poor to afford school beyond fourth grade in the southern Philippines, 19-year-old Johnny Buyo walked away from home six months ago to join the communist rebellion — ...

RMIT University researchers will examine how improving agriculture can reduce poverty in conflict areas of The Philippines, thanks to a $AUS1.4 million grant. The ...

This year’s P39-wage increase in Northern Mindanao will be implemented in two tranches: P25 on January 16 and P14 on May 1 ...

Sachet of Colgate toothpaste is pictured amidst a garbage-filled shore on Freedom Island, Paranaque City MANILA (Reuters) - Armed with gloves, rubber boots and a rake, "Mangrove Warrior" Willer Gualva ...

MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao's rise from crushing poverty to global fame and fortune has inspired a whole generation of Filipino fighters, who look up to his legend as their dream and boxing ...

A top church official in the central Philippines challenged corruption, persistent poverty, and forced migration, saying that ...

MANILA (Reuters) - 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 ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Manny Pacquiao's rise from crushing poverty to global fame and fortune has inspired a whole generation of Filipino fighters, who look up to his legend as their dream and ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Manny Pacquiao’s rise from crushing poverty to global fame and fortune has inspired a whole generation of Filipino fighters, who look up to his legend as their dream and ...