Goodman Reporting from the island of Mindanao in the Philippines Like ... The typical farmer earns perhaps 60,000 pesos a year — about $1,100. “We are poor here,” Mr. Limbaro said on a ...

Half of Filipino families rated themselves poor in a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey held from April 23 to 28, 2025.

“Thus, if a family has been classified as poor ... The FFTC-AP said “suffice it to say, an ordinary Filipino farmer can be characterized by poor living standard, small landholding, low ...

Edicio De La Torre and other Filipino thinkers helped clergy and laypeople to understand the long-term nature of fighting ...

A new survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS) posted on Saturday revealed encouraging signs in poverty alleviation, as more ...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and weather-related disasters — have made life increasingly precarious for farmers like Felipe Nazar in Bulacan, raising concerns about rising hunger in the Philippines, ...

No money in Philippine agri?” Young farmers beg to differ as they highlighted “game-changing” support from the government to ...

In the Philippines, when a poor family can only afford to send one child to school, it is often the girl who gets this opportunity. This preference can be attributed to the perception that girls ...