MANILA, Philippines — Around 9.2 million or 35 percent of Filipino families consider themselves “poor,” Octa Research ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos classified as “non-poor” may actually be living in poverty, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said yesterday, as current measurement methods fail ...

A top Philippine Catholic bishop has called on the Church to practice austerity and become a ‘Church of the Poor’ as the world faces an economic crisis amid tensions in the Middle East. Bishop Gerardo ...

MANILA, Philippines — About 9.2 million Filipino families—equivalent to 35 percent—identify themselves as “poor,” according to Octa Research’s report released Wednesday. Based on Octa’s first quarter ...