DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Former senator and boxing great Manny Pacquiao faces scrutiny over both his ability to help the poor and a business conflict of interest as he heads the country’s…
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Poverty remains a driving force behind the online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC) in the Davao Region, and unless families are economically empowered, awareness campaigns…
DAVAO CITY, Philippines—The Philippines, according to the IBON Foundation, remains trapped in an economic model that favors foreign capital over local industries, leaving millions poor as the Marcos administration prepares…
Student groups in Mindanao urged the government to recalibrate its strategies to end the armed conflict through resolving the root causes of armed rebellion: poverty, inequality, corruption, and atrocious governance, instead of sowing fear against dissent.
Her family of 12 only eats two full meals a day, and most times it is just rice doused in soy sauce or salt given to them by their neighbor.