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Cory foundation closes shop

Gerry Lirio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 08:16 PM

The foundation former President Corazon Aquino put up 12 years ago to help the poor start their own enterprise is folding up for lack of financial support. Read more »

Duterte recognizes rising number of poor Pinoys: Palace

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 05:38 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte recognizes the increasing number of poor Filipinos following the latest Social Weather Stations survey, Malacañang said Tuesday. Read more »

More families go hungry in April-June: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 02:25 PM

More poor families experienced hunger in the past 3 months, according to a survey released by the Social Weather Stations on Monday, hours before President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his annual report to the nation.  Read more »

SWS: More families consider themselves to be poor in Q2 after a 3-quarter decline

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 08:09 AM

The number of Filipinos who consider themselves to be poor rose in the second quarter of 2019 after dipping for the past 3 quarters, an SWS survey showed.  Read more »

Duterte signs law on community-based poverty analysis

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 11:00 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law forming a community-based monitoring system that aims to improve poverty analysis in the country. Read more »

From Marcos to Duterte: An ever-changing Philippine population policy

Isay Reyes, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 11:59 PM

Official surveys say that on average, Filipino women only want 2 children. Many families, however, have more than that. Read more »

Duterte’s fourth SONA to highlight poverty reduction

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 03 04:13 PM

Efforts to reduce poverty will be the highlight of President Rodrigo Duterte’s 4th State of the Nation Address, a Cabinet official said Wednesday. Read more »

Lawmakers aim to halve number of poor Pinoys by 2022: Romualdez

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 01 12:32 PM

Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez on Monday said lawmakers aim to prioritize measures that would halve the number of poor Filipinos by 2022. Read more »

Self-rated poverty falls to new record low: SWS

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 19 02:21 PM

The number of Filipinos who consider themselves poor fell to a new record low of 38 percent in the first quarter of 2019, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed Tuesday. Read more »

COA tells OVP to improve monitoring disbursed gov't funds

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 10:03 PM

The Commission on Audit (COA) told the Office of the Vice President (OVP) to improve its monitoring of government funds after 19 local government units which received a total of P28.189 million anti-poverty funding failed to submit official receipts (ORs) and liquidation reports. Read more »

'Not missing': Anti-poverty commission explains P49-million ‘idle’ fund

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 05:30 PM

MANILA – A National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) official on Tuesday explained that its P49-million unspent funds earlier flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA) was due to a disbursement suspension order from its source, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor). Read more »

Anti-poverty commission explains P49-M ‘idle’ fund

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 04:56 PM

The Commission on Audit earlier called out NAPC over the unspent funds which were transferred by Pagcor to the commission in April 2017.   Read more »

Duterte signs law that aims to help uplift poor

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 05:30 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure that aims to provide mechanisms so that poor Filipinos can fully meet their basic needs. Read more »

As viral ‘studious boy’ goes to junior high school, he keeps in mind dad’s dream

Joworski Alipon, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 23 05:53 PM

The boy on the viral photograph showing him studying on the pavement outside a fast-food restaurant has now moved up to junior high school. Read more »

Pantawid Pamilya program now a law

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 22 03:56 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure institutionalizing the government's national poverty reduction strategy. Read more »

Bilang ng mga Pinoy na nagugutom nabawasan noong Enero-Marso: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 25 03:18 PM

Bumaba ang bilang ng mga Pinoy na nagugutom sa bansa sa unang tatlong buwan ng 2019, ayon sa resulta ng survey na isinagawa ng Social Weather Stations. Read more »

Too Much Debt Leads to Bad Decisions

Aneth Ng-Lim
Updated as of Apr 22 08:53 AM

Drowning in debt is never a good thing, but a first of its kind research conducted in Singapore showed owing money not only impacts one’s wallet, but worse, results in a mental burden among borrowers that carries an even higher price than the already steep interest rates they were charged. Read more »

Government's 'unrealistic' poverty statistics hit

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 13 03:07 PM

MANILA - A think tank and the head of a survey firm have slammed the latest Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) report which found that poverty incidence fell in the first half of 2018. Read more »

Poverty in the Philippines

Infographic by Pamela Ramos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 11 07:55 PM

Poverty incidence fell in the first semester of 2018 compared to 3 years ago. Here are other figures on poverty released on Wednesday.  Read more »

PH poverty incidence declines in first half of 2018

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 10 11:48 PM

The number of poor Filipinos dropped in the first half of 2018. Read more »