President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s social protection initiatives such as the Walang Gutom Program (WGP) are making a real impact, as a recent survey showed a drop in hunger incidence nationwide, a ...

MANILA, Philippines — The number of Filipino families who experienced involuntary hunger—or being hungry and having nothing ...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) programs to break intergenerational poverty and fight involuntary ...

Many Filipino families consider themselves poor, according to a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS). The SWS said the survey of 1,200 adult respondents nationwide showed that 51 ...

The latest percentage of households rating themselves as Mahirap/Poor was 51, as of the end of November (“Fourth Quarter 2025 Social Weather Survey: Self-Rated Poverty (SRP) at 51% on November 24-30, ...

The proportion of Filipino families experiencing involuntary hunger decreased to 20.1% in November 2025, down from 22% in ...

The proportion of Filipino families experiencing involuntary hunger decreased to 20.1% in November 2025, down from 22.0% in ...

About 1 in every 5 Filipino families has experienced involuntary hunger in the last few months of last year, according to a ...

The number of Filipinos who said they experienced hunger in November 2025 dropped slightly compared to the September 2025 ...

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