A STUDY by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) found that 80 percent of people experiencing multidimensional poverty are also ...

THE largest contributions to poverty in the Philippines come from deprivation in standards of living, followed by education and health, according to a report released by the United Nations Development ...

Tropical Storm ‘Ramil’ (internationally known as Fengshen) killed a family of five Sunday as it ploughed across the ...

Scientists warn that storms are becoming more powerful as the planet warms due to human-driven climate change. Read more at ...

The family, including two children aged two and 11, were crushed to death when a tree fell on their house at daybreak on ...

Most of the Filipinos who work overseas head to the Middle East. Duhapa's eldest sister, Loriza, worked as a domestic helper ...

The commercialization of biotech crops in the Philippines is influenced by regulatory frameworks, public perceptions, and, ...

At least 47,000 people left their homes and headed to government-designated temporary shelters across southeast Luzon since ...

More than 200 people have been arrested following clashes between police and masked protesters at an anticorruption ...

Tropical Storm Fengshen headed out to sea Oct. 19 after killing a family of five on the Philippines' main island Luzon, officials and state weather forecasters said.

MANILA, Philippines - Eastern Samar posted the fastest economic growth among Philippine provinces and highly urbanized cities ...

The family, including children aged two and 11 years old, were crushed to death in their sleep when a giant palm tree fell on ...