MANILA, Philippines The number of Filipinos who see themselves as poor rose to 63 percent in December 2024, higher by four percent from the figure recorded in September of the same year, the latest Social Service Stations (SWS) survey showed. Based

MANILA, Philippines Self-rated hunger, especially among poor Filipinos, further increased in the third quarter of the year, according to a survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS). The survey, conducted from Sept. 14 to 23, found that 22.9 percent of

MANILApera7, Philippines Self-rated poverty and hunger went down in the third quarter, based on an OCTA Research group survey. Self-rated poverty declined to 43 percent from 48 percent in June, according to the OCTA survey conducted from Aug. 28 to