The makeshift house of Jocelyn De Los Santos sits atop a mausoleum in Manila North Cemetery ... are also prime real estate for the city’s poorest looking for free living quarters.

Lalaine Igua, who is in her late sixties, has been living in Manila North Cemetery since 1976. She said her family did not have access to electricity, so they depended on candles in the evenings.

Half of Filipino families, or an estimated 13.2 million households, consider themselves poor, according to the latest Tugon ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino families who consider themselves poor continued to increase in the fourth quarter of 2024, with half of them—the highest in more than 20 years — rating ...

MANILA, Philippines — The number of Filipinos who deem themselves poor and food-poor is at its highest in two decades, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said on Wednesday, January 8. Around 63% ...