The number of working children aged 5-17 fell to 861,000 in 2024, continuing a three-year decline. Child labor engagement ...
Senators Bam Aquino and Francis Pangilinan on Tuesday urged the government to strengthen nutrition programs for children and ...
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has refused to respond to an allegation by his estranged sister that he has been a longtime drug addict whose cocaine dependence has undermined his governance ...
A family feud surrounding Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his sister has been intensifying. It involves ...
CORRUPTION, disasters and misguided government priorities worsen the existing wide gaps between the rich and the poor, ...
MANILA, Philippines — Malacanang has reaffirmed its commitment to protect and rehabilitate children caught in conflict situations, according to the Office of the Special Assistant to the President ...
MANILA, Philippines — Severe floods have recently been blamed on clogged drains and substandard flood control projects run by allegedly corrupt officials. But with storms dumping more rain in a short ...
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The roots of poverty and overcoming it

JUAN dela Cruz and 20 of his neighbors in a remote village in southern Mindanao are rejoicing. They sell their mangoes every year to an ethical enterprise and receive high prices from them; they also ...
Parents will now have a helping hand when teaching kids that money doesn’t grow on trees. Noting a lack of financial literacy curricula in the classroom, the team at Plata Publishing saw an ...
MANILA, October 10, 2025 - Hundreds of thousands of children have been forced to flee from their schools and homes in Mindanao province in the southern Philippines after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake - ...