The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) programs to break intergenerational poverty and fight involuntary ...
MANILA, Philippines — The number of Filipino families who experienced involuntary hunger—or being hungry and having nothing ...
Many Filipino families consider themselves poor, according to a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS). The ...
About half of Filipino families, or 51%, said they consider themselves poor, up by one point from September 2025 but below ...
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Persistent poverty

The latest percentage of households rating themselves as Mahirap/Poor was 51, as of the end of November (“Fourth Quarter 2025 ...
The number of Filipinos who said they experienced hunger in November 2025 dropped slightly compared to the September 2025 ...
Many families in the country consider themselves poor, according to the most recent survey conducted by the Social Weather ...