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SWS: Filipino families self-rated as ‘Poor’ steady at 51% since December

The estimated numbers of Self-Rated Poor families are 14 million in March 2023 and 12.9 million in December 2022

Practice family planning vs poverty, Vice President Sara tells newlyweds

Duterte recalled how she promoted family planning in Davao City to address problems on uncontrolled pregnancies

9 richest Filipinos have more wealth than half of Philippine population,...

The poor are unable to recover from back-to-back crises as many continue to suffer from the effects of the pandemic

The New Year 2023, more poor than ever, gov’t says

There is always hope for the future. The Filipino is never without it, no matter how unrealistic.

Survey says 30% of Filipinos claim quality of life got better...

Up to 29 percent of the survey’s respondents, however, said their quality of life got worse, while 41% said it was the same

Street life: Manila’s homeless find shelter in pushcarts

Many have come from the provinces in search of work that did not materialize or were forced from their homes by domestic abuse

‘Synodal way’ of the Church of the poor

The Church must not fail, to embrace human suffering as its own, as Jesus did, assuming humanity as integral in his incarnation

Governments worldwide, including Philippines, fueled ‘inequality explosion’ during pandemic

The country’s performance under “Reducing inequality through progressive spending” dropped from a rank of 99 in 2020 to 106 this year

Survey says 12.2M Filipino families felt ‘poor’ in second quarter of...

The figure points to an increase from the 10.9 million Filipino families who felt “poor” during the first quarter of the year

Coveting wealth and possessions can blind us to the ‘true goods...

“What is covetousness? It is the unbridled greed for possessions, always desiring to be rich,” the pope said

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