MANILA, Philippines - City of Manila mayoral candidate Isko Moreno Domagoso is calling for a campaign that prioritizes ...

THE FPJ Panday Bayanihan partylist, led by Brian Poe Llamanzares, emphasizes the urgent need for affordable housing, steady livelihoods, and services for informal settler families (ISFs). They support ...

Climate proofing this bustling port city is a daunting task for planners who must consider factors ranging from proneness to flooding and administrative malaise to the fact that 60 percent of its 18 ...

Delhi Polls: Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured Delhi residents that no slums or public welfare schemes will be affected if the BJP comes to power in the national capital. Listen to Story PM Modi ...

ILOILO CITY – The poverty incidence in Guimaras dropped to 6.5 percent in 2023 from 10 percent in 2021, according to a Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) report released Thursday. The 2023 Family ...

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But the number could be more than double that, new research warns.

The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 8839 granting Philippine citizenship to Li Duan Wang, a Chinese citizen whom Sen. Risa Hontiveros linked to the alleged boss of ...

Chinese cutters, small boats and aircraft blocked a Philippine scientific research mission to the South China Sea features of Sand Cay on Friday, according to Philippine officials. BRP Datu ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has successfully kept a Chinese vessel illegally operating off Zambales from nearing the province’s coastline, as it spotted the “monster ship” a ...

(Bloomberg) -- The Philippine peso is veering toward an all-time low as the nation’s central bank plans to cut interest rates further in the face of slowing economic growth. Goldman Sachs Group ...

Nearby a Médecins Sans Frontières triage center is the only reminder that this slum area is the epicenter ... areas where people live in extreme poverty. Kinshasa, often called "Kin la Belle ...