For 2023, the poverty threshold—the minimum income required for a family to meet the basic food and non-food requirements—was set at a national average of P13,873 per month, lower than the ...

A FAMILY of five in Cebu, including its three highly urbanized cities (HUCs), needs a monthly income of at least P14,835 to ...

The Philippine Statistics Authority says that nearly 1 in 5 Filipinos are living below the poverty line – but the real number could be a lot higher.

To understand the family's remarkable political comeback ... Mr Marcos Sr seized full control of the Philippines in 1972. This was a year before his second term as president was due to expire ...

THE Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said current methods of measuring child poverty tend to produce estimates on the low side, misleading policymakers responsible for ...

MANILA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A new World Bank report released this week said that the Philippines' progress in reducing poverty will continue, leading to a drop in poverty incidence this year until ...

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The poverty incidence in Cebu Province ... Research Institute (FNRI); prices of food items, and family income from the PSA data. In Poverty Statistics, PSA defines ...