Northern Samar poverty drops sharply
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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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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Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Police General Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. marked his first year leading the national police force, highlighting drops in…
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The Philippine peso shed 23.8 centavos to a record-low P61.888 per US dollar on Thursday, marking the thirteenth time the local currency has slumped to a…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has continued its tightening bias, hiking its key policy rate by another 25 basis points amid persistent upside risks to…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has continued its tightening bias, hiking its key policy rate by another 25 basis points amid persistent upside risks to…
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The benchmark index fell 0.86 percent to 6,137.23 on Wednesday, while the peso strengthened by around 8 centavos to P61.65 per US dollar as investors remained…
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The Philippines and Vietnam have agreed to accelerate defense cooperation amid an increasingly complex security environment and shared challenges in maritime…
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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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BORACAY — Flexing its swimming muscles to the hilt, Vietnam swept the six-kilometer mixed relays in both age groups of the 4th Southeast Asia Open Water…
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Philippine inflationAnother interest rate hike by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may address immediate inflationary concerns, but broader economic…
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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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The peso weakened 3 centavos or 0.05 percent to P61.815 per US dollar on Wednesday, briefly touching a new record intraday high of P61.995 as investors reacted…
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) conducted a briefing on the country’s foreign exchange (FX) regulations on 6 July 2026 as part of efforts to promote…
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The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) fell 35.50 points, or 0.56 percent, to 6,261.80, while the peso weakened 4.5 centavos to P61.495 per US dollar on…
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