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Poor states' summit promised just $1.4 billion: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 10 10:38 AM

Just $1.4 billion in new loans and grants were promised at a UN summit devoted to the world's poorest nations where UN leader Antonio Guterres had appealed for massive aid, officials said. Read more »

Poor countries call for debt revolution at UN summit

Didier Laurias, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 07 08:48 AM

Worn down by growing debt and a barrage of crises, leaders of the world's poorest countries have stepped up calls for the rules governing handouts of billions of dollars to be rewritten. Read more »

Poor nations' leaders unleash anger and despair at UN summit

Tim Witcher, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 06 08:36 AM

Leaders from the world's poorest nations poured out their disappointment and bitterness at a UN summit over the treatment of their countries by richer counterparts. Read more »

UN proposes cutting debt of most vulnerable nations

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 23 08:23 AM

The UN Development Program proposed reducing the debt of 52 low and middle-income countries, days before G20 finance ministers meet in India. Read more »

PHINMA Education says to pursue distance learning for poor students

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 10:47 AM

PHINMA Education won't go back to full face-to-face learning to help poor students. Read more »

Gov't ends household subsidy for high fuel prices

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 05:37 PM

The government has disbursed a total of P18.3 billion in subsidies for households affected by high fuel prices, the Department of Finance said Monday. Read more »

More Filipino families felt poor in 2022: SWS survey

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 02:18 AM

A new survey among Filipino families reveals more of them felt poor before the start of the New Year. Read more »

'Dirty' Olympics protested

Christophe Petit, EPA-EFE
Posted at Dec 12 07:27 PM

Environmentalists denounce the ecological and social impact on the poor of the building sites for the 2024 Olympic Games. Read more »

P5.2-B 'ayuda' for poor households to be released soon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 01 02:37 PM

The third tranche of the government's cash aid program for the poor amounting to P5.2 billion will soon be released, the DSWD said Thursday. Read more »

A day for the poor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 12 07:57 PM

Pope Francis established November 13 as the World Day of the Poor in 2016 to draw attention to those living on the margins of society. Read more »

NEDA: Marcos managing inflation amid poverty survey

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 04:49 PM

Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said the slight increase in self-rated poverty is 'expected, given the acceleration of inflation.' Read more »

90 pct ng 4Ps beneficiary nananatiling mahirap: COA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 08:07 PM

Siyam sa bawat 10 benepisyaryo ng Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program ang nananatiling mahirap, ayon sa Commission on Audit. Read more »

A beggar in Manila

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 04:07 PM

A woman begs for alms along Lawton Avenue in Taguig City on Wednesday. Read more »

Some 400K students to benefit from DSWD educ'l cash aid

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 09:58 PM

Around 375,000 to 400,000 students in the country will benefit from the DSWD educational cash aid, Sec. Erwin Tulfo said Wednesday. Read more »

'Poorest PH families hit harder by COVID compared to Asian peers'

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 04:09 PM

Poor families in the Philippines were more adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the poor in other nations in Asia, the ADB said. Read more »

Pandemic made escaping poverty harder in Asia Pacific: ADB

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 10:08 AM

The COVID-19 pandemic set back Asia and the Pacific's fight against poverty by at least 2 years and made it harder for the vulnerable to escape poverty, the Asian Development Bank said in a study released Wednesday. Read more »

P141-M given out on first payout for poor students: DSWD

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 09:51 AM

The DSWD on Sunday said it has given more than P141 million to some 48,000 indigent students on the first day of its 6-week cash assistance program. Read more »

DSWD offering cash aid to indigent students: Tulfo

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 18 05:07 PM

Only up to 3 students per family can participate in the program from Aug. 20 until Sept. 24, DSWD Sec. Erwin Tulfo said. School ID and enrollment certificate must be presented. Read more »

19.99 million Filipinos poor in 2021 as poverty incidence rises: PSA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 15 03:04 PM

At least 19.99 million Filipinos were considered poor in 2021 as the poverty incidence rose to 18.1 percent, the state statistics bureau said Monday. Read more »

DBM releases P2-B to DSWD to aid Filipinos in crisis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 09:45 AM

The Department of Budget and Management on Tuesday said it has released another P2 billion as additional aid for Filipinos in crisis situations. Read more »