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Summary The Philippines, with its abundant natural resources and vibrant cultural legacy, should by all indicators be a ...
The Philippines is a nation rich in culture, natural beauty, and human potential,yet poverty continues to shadow the lives of millions. Despite decades of economic growth, inequality remains deeply ...
The country's poverty rate went down to 15.3 percent in 2023 from 18.1 percent in 2021 as government measures helped reduce ...
The Philippine Supreme Court has ruled an impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte violated the country’s ...
Filipino bishops are asking, appropriately, if we want to build a culture of resilience or a culture of gambling?
"Urging the poor to trade stocks because the stock transaction tax dropped from 0.6 percent to 0.1 percent is not empowerment ...
My lovely Filipino mother-in-law Amy Lily Torrente, is Executive Director of Resources for the Blind, Inc. (RBI) Philippines. RBI differs from other missions to the sight-compromised, in that it is ...
Middle-income Filipinos are crucial to economic growth and national development but remain vulnerable to economic shocks and ...
The Philippines is facing the fastest-growing HIV epidemic in the Asia-Pacific, with new infections increasing by 550 percent ...
Trade is win-win. Otherwise, we wouldn’t engage in it. So why is capitalism facing more and more attacks — even from the ...
The United States government on Friday announced PHP13.8 million in humanitarian aid to augment the Philippines’ disaster ...
These commitments are critical to scale up treatment access for the 60% of people living with HIV in the Philippines who are not currently receiving antiretroviral therapy. But far more is needed to ...