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Palace credits easing inflation for self-rated poverty dip

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 11:24 AM

Malacañang on Sunday credited slowing inflation for a drop in the number of Filipinos who said they were poor in a survey.   Read more »

Kalahati ng mga Pinoy sinabing 'mahirap' sila: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 09:25 PM

Ayon sa isang ekonomista at data analyst, posibleng may kinalaman ito sa inflation. Read more »

Half of Pinoys consider themselves poor: SWS

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 12:48 AM

Half of the Filipino population, or 11.6 million families, consider themselves poor, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed Friday. Read more »

OPINION: Meaningful thoughts from 'The Young Prince'

By Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jan 04 04:13 PM

The destitute are considered a distressing reality in life. In a world where the ideal is safe and pretty, they are seen as swatches of discomfort Read more »

P25 dagdag sa minimum wage di sapat: Labor chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 07:16 PM

Naniniwala si Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III na kulang ang umento sa sahod na inaprubahan noong Nobyembre para makaagapay ang mga manggagawa sa pagtaas ng presyo ng mga pangunahing bilihin.  Read more »

Zimbabwe's economic crisis wipes out Christmas cheer

Fanuel Jongwe, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 23 10:16 AM

At Solomon Chakauya's grocery store in Zimbabwe's Chinamhora district outside Harare, there's no sign of the seasonal Christmas rush that he needs to keep his business afloat.  Read more »

CHART: Inflation for bottom 30 percent is at highest in nearly a decade

Edson Joseph Guido, ABS-CBN Data Analytics
Updated as of Dec 07 04:45 PM

Inflation for the bottom 30 percent of households based on income quickened to 8.5 percent in the third quarter. Read more »

Philippines adopts 'multidimensional' poverty index: NEDA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 12:06 PM

The new poverty index will consider a host of factors and will complement the income-based gauge currently in use, the National Economic Development Authority said. Read more »

Pope denounces 'din of rich few' on World Day of Poor

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 19 08:00 AM

Pope Francis railed against social inequality Sunday, lamenting "the din of the rich few" drowning out the voice of the needy, as he marked the second "World Day of the Poor". Read more »

53 pulubi sa QC, hinuli ng mga pulis at DSWD

Jeck Batallones, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 08:48 AM

Limampu't tatlong pulubi ang dinampot ng mga pulis at kawani ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) sa iba't ibang bahagi ng Quezon City, Huwebes ng gabi. Read more »

Duterte names new NAPC, PCUP heads

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 12:54 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a new lead convenor of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) and chairman of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP), Malacañang said Tuesday. Read more »

Dissecting Data: Inflation for the bottom 30 percent

Edson Joseph Guido, ABS-CBN Data Analytics
Updated as of Oct 24 03:39 PM

Inflation for the bottom 30 percent of households based on income picked up to 8 percent in August, 5 percentage points higher compared to the same month last year, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed. Read more »

More Filipino families felt hunger in July-September 2018: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 10:19 PM

More Filipinos experienced involuntary hunger in the third quarter of 2018, according to a survey by the Social Weather Stations released Friday. Read more »

ALAMIN: Bakit marami ang tumataya sa lotto?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 09:33 PM

Sa dami ng mga tumataya sa mga lotto outlet, nagbabadya ang lalong paglaki ng ngayo'y P1 bilyong jackpot prize ng 6/58 sa susunod na UltraLotto draw nitong Biyernes. Read more »

Ilang isyu sa politika, nagpapalubha ba sa kahirapan?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 11 01:49 AM

Tumaas ang bilang ng mga pamilyang Pilipino na nagsasabing sila'y mahirap. Read more »

Nasa 12.2 milyong pamilyang Pinoy naniniwalang 'mahirap' sila: survey

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 10 08:16 PM

Tumaas rin ang mga "food poor" o mga pamilyang nagsabi na pang-mahirap ang kanilang kinakain. Read more »

Palace ‘concerned’ as self-rated poverty rises

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 04:08 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Wednesday expressed concern over the rise in the number of Filipinos who view themselves as poor, even as it vowed to implement measures to ease the burden of the country’s poorest. Read more »

12.2M Filipino families say they are poor; 8 percent are newly-poor: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 07:31 AM

The number of Filipinos who believe they are poor has hit a percentage last seen nearly 4 years ago, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) released Wednesday. Read more »

Nutrisyon ng mga bata, apektado rin ng inflation: UNICEF

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 10 07:41 AM

MAYNILA - Malaking hamon para sa mga maraming Pilipino ang pagkasyahin ang kita para matiyak na masustansiya pa rin ang ihahain sa lamesa para sa kanilang mga anak sa kabila ng pagtaas ng mga presyo ng bilihin.   Read more »

Still a long way to go for children's rights in PH, says UNICEF exec

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 08:43 PM

MANILA - A new study on children in the Philippines shows there's still a long way to go in terms of meeting the needs of children in the country, especially kids in Muslim Mindanao.  Read more »