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A woman doing her chores on a makeshift bridge that connects her home in a flood-prone area in Barangay Tamontaka 4 in Cotabato City. (Photo: Manman Dejeto/Oxfam)

Pandemic creates new billionaire every 30 hours as countries like Philippines log higher poverty rates

As the cost of essential goods rises faster than it has in decades, billionaires in the food and energy sectors are increasing their fortunes by $1 billion dollars every two days

Towards a Better Normal: A Study on Inequalities and the Lack of Human Development in the Philippines

It is almost cliché to say that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. But it is a socio-economic reality that cannot be ignored. In the Philippines, statistics show that the number of billionaires and the wealth they accumulate is constantly rising while more and more people are living in...