Jose Toribio, a taxi driver in Manila, is up at five in the morning. He makes his cup of coffee and eats some pandesal, or salt bread, known as the “poor man’s bread” for being a cheap staple in the ...
MANILA, Philippines – Some 15.5 million Filipino families considered themselves poor in April 2025, according to a new Social Weather Stations’ (SWS) survey. A month before the midterm elections, self ...
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Smoking increasingly tied to poverty in PH — data
MANILA, Philippines — For decades, smoking in popular culture carried an image of sophistication, a habit associated with ...
A Catholic center in the Philippine capital Manila has reopened its doors to allow the homeless and hungry to have meals and bathe, ending a closure for more than two years due to the Covid-19 ...
Some Filipinos in Manila have have sought shelter in public graveyards Many say have permission to live in the graveyards in exchange for keeping them clean Poverty in Manila runs deep and millions ...
MANILA, Philippines — About 9.2 million Filipino families—equivalent to 35 percent—identify themselves as “poor,” according to Octa Research’s report released Wednesday. Based on Octa’s first quarter ...
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