Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Youths are pictured at at a slum area in Baseco, Tondo city, metro Manila MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped ...

Slum dwellers from around urban poor communities in Manila marched in the streets days before Christmas to reenact the travails of Joseph and Mary in search of lodging. The poor residents dramatized ...

Pope Francis on Friday demanded leaders in the Philippines end "scandalous social inequalities", hitting out at corruption in a nation where tens of millions of Catholics endure brutal poverty. The ...

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) recently gathered in Bohol for their 130th plenary assembly. At this gathering of more than 80 bishops, the CBCP elected Archbishop Gilbert ...

SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAINS, Philippines (AP) — In the late-night hours and amid the chirp of crickets, Katryn welcomed a huddle of exhausted Filipino journalists in cheerful spirits like she was home.

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5% last year from 18.1% in 2021, with rising food prices limiting the reduction in the number of poor, the government's statistics agency ...