CARTOON FOR MAY 06, 2026

RAIN FALLS, POVERTY RISES: Study quantifies how rainfall shocks push millions deeper into destitution

In a country where rain is both life and ruin, researchers have now put hard numbers on what Filipino farmers have long known in their bones: when the rains fail, so does everything else. A new science-policy brief (SPB) released by the Oscar M. Lopez (OML) Center, in collaboration with