BSP: Businesses turn pessimistic in July
Business sentiment nosedived in July amid persistent inflationary pressures arising from the Middle East conflict, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)…
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Business sentiment nosedived in July amid persistent inflationary pressures arising from the Middle East conflict, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)…
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Malacañang had no comment, saying it had not yet seen the results.
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One in three Filipinos said their quality of life had worsened over the past 12 months despite government efforts to improve living conditions, according to…
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The state’s statistical wizardry is breathtaking. If you lower the bar into the subterranean dirt, suddenly everyone is a high jumper.
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TACLOBAN CITY — Northern Samar’s poverty incidence fell sharply in 2025, with nearly 12,000 fewer families classified as poor as more households moved toward…
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The milestone is genuine. But it was built on consumption, remittance, and a bloated services sector, while manufacturing withered.
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You paid P700 to enter a building designed to remind you that you’re above the poverty line, but still below the imported ham.
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The administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. must face the reality of poverty in the country amid rising market prices, stagnant wages and a lack of…
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The government says poverty fell to a record-low 9.7 percent in 2025, but the number comes with a question that is harder to answer: How much does a Filipino…
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The gap between what a family needs and what the government considers acceptable to pay them is a canyon with a press release taped over it.
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Anything less isn’t poverty alleviation but poverty management — and managing poverty is just a fancy way of accepting it.
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The Philippines brought its poverty rate down to a historic low of 9.7 percent in 2025, with more than 6.5 million Filipinos moving above the poverty threshold…
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The latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed an improvement in Filipino families’ self-rated poverty, with self-rated poverty down three percentage…
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s housing program for the poor continued to draw strong public approval, with its net satisfaction rating climbing to +48 in…
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The Social Weather Stations (SWS) said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s satisfaction rating has recovered to neutral territory after an earlier poor showing,…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration posted a 14-point recovery in its satisfaction rating in June, according to the latest Social Weather Stations…
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Public acceptance and approval ratings for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. have significantly declined and remain largely negative. Despite the administration’s…
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