A UNDP and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative report revealed that 3.9% of Filipinos—or 4.47 million people—are ...
A UNDP and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative report revealed that 3.9% of Filipinos—or 4.47 million people—are “multidimensionally poor,” with the largest deprivations coming from ...
Last month, tens of thousands of Filipinos took to the streets following a series of revelations that some of the country’s ...
The corruption crisis in the Philippines stems from a failure of leadership deeply embedded in the culture of patronage ...
ABOUT 3.9% of the Philippine population can be classified as suffering from “multidimensional” poverty, meaning poor in terms of living standards, education, and health, the United Nations Development ...
Philippines Senator Risa Hontiveros said she would consider a presidential bid in the country’s 2028 elections and criticized ...
Living in the riverside village of Sipat in the Philippines, Josephine Dela Cruz watches the soil erode with every storm, haunted by the fear that one day the ground will wash ...
In earlier surveys, nearly three-fourths of Filipinos in Pulse Asia polls identified inflation as the country’s most urgent concern. Issues like low wages and poverty followed closely, while ...
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Mixed thoughts and emotions

The title reflects my state of mind and probably the same for a hundred million Filipinos who don’t know what to make of our dark tales of corruption, abuse of power in the face of our spiritual or ...
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ICI to jail the corrupt, reform budget process

The Independent Commission for Infrastructure  has two main functions – jail the corrupt and reform the government budget process to curb if not stop massive corruption.
OUR economists always brag about the so-called “demographic sweet spot,” which the Philippines is currently experiencing. In ...
In a country where cries for justice often get lost in the noise of political games, the parable of the persistent widow in Sunday’s Gospel from Luke 18:1-8 ser ...