MANILA, Philippines—The poverty threshold, which is set by the government, already 'grossly underestimates' poverty in the Philippines, but what's worse, a think tank stressed, is that the minimum wage Filipino workers receive is not even above the poverty line. According to Ibon Foundation, Filipino workers and their families 'are barely surviving on the minimum wage [set by the government] because this is even less than the official poverty threshold for a family of five.' According to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the poverty threshold in 2021, which is the minimum income that a family of five needs to meet basic food and non-food requirements, was P12,030, or almost P80 a day for every family member.

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