What makes some Filipino poor?

The Philippines is a country rich both in natural resources (e.g., nickel, copper, gold, silver, and chromium), and human resources (close to 104 million people). But it remains poor. The Gross Domestic Product per capita in Philippines was last recorded at 2639. read more

Mainly overpopulation. The country should have a population more like Malaysia (30 million or so) but currently it’s over 100 million. That means a problem for the labour market in a basically agrarian country. read more

“6 things white girls can learn from Filipinas” sounds pretty reasonable to me. read more

Some of the Filipinos we commonly refer to as “poor” may not even realize they are “poor” in the real sense of the word. For the love of me, I have never considered myself to have lived as poor despite what was being around me growing up. read more