"Our hope is simple: that this crisis becomes more than a headline"
THESE past months, the flood control corruption scandals have been at the center...
A party-list legislator on Monday urged TESDA to refine its processes to ensure more poor and disadvantaged Filipinos benefit from its training programs.
The call...
By Knut OstbyResident Representative ad interim,and Mohamed Shahudh,Economist
Recent events in the Philippines illustrate this growing vulnerability. Just recently, Typhoon Tino battered Central Visayas, including...
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How we understand and measure poverty has evolved. From early income-based definitions, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s “capability approach” in the 1980s...
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle appealed to Filipinos to show greater concern for the poor, saying there is “no excuse” for ignoring those in need.
Speaking...
Vatican City, Holy See—Pope Leo XIV decried poverty on Sunday, urging world leaders and Catholics to reach out to marginalized people, as the Church celebrated...
MANILA—While the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) scholarships significantly improve graduates' employability, the country's poorest citizens are increasingly being left behind, according...
"The people’s patience is wearing thin with all corruption in government"
FOLLOWING reports that people expect most importantly the early conviction of those involved in...
Manila, Philippines—In teeming Manila, where poverty runs deep and millions lack adequate shelter, some of the living have found refuge among the dead.
Laileah Cuetara's shanty...
United Nations, United States—Nearly 80 percent of the world's poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming,...
A lawmaker has proposed a measure to create an Agricultural Pension Program for the country's farmers and fishermen, citing their exclusion from the national...
LAHORE, Pakistan – Abdullah Abbas waded through Lahore’s flooded streets, struggling to push his motorcycle and deliver a food order on time.
The water had...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday reported significant improvements in reducing hunger among families enrolled in its flagship “Walang Gutom”...
