CALBAYOG, Philippines — Delfina Guiwan’s heart was pounding as she snuck back to her village, now abandoned and eerily quiet, in the fertile foothills of gently erupting Mayon volcano in the ...
KUTV — Improving Health, Housing, Education, & Livelihood of the Poor in the Philippines (IHHELPP), a 501c(3) nonprofit organization celebrating its 10 years of helping the poor in the Philippines.
BUSCALAN, PHILIPPINES • Whang-Od, 107, has witnessed more than a century of change in her remote village in the Philippine northern hills. But the greatest changes have come because of her, the ...
Opinion
The Manila Times on MSNOpinion

Measuring poverty in the age of climate change

HOW we understand and measure poverty has evolved. From early income-based definitions, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s “capability approach” in the 1980s broadened the concept, viewing poverty not just ...
More Filipinos are poorer today compared to 2018, according to the latest official data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Citing its Family Income and Expenditure Survey, the PSA ...
Rice prices have soared in the Philippines in recent months. The dietary staple, which accounts for over 20 percent of the food budget of poor families, has become increasingly unaffordable. Ronnel ...
TULSA, Okla. — All February, FOX23 has shared stories from ten Tulsans who travelled to the Philippines to help young girls escaping sex trafficking. FOX23's Investigative Reporter Janna Clark was ...
Founded in 1967, the organisation operates a comprehensive network of programs designed to care for vulnerable children and strengthen at-risk families. At the heart of their work is the family-based ...
CALBAYOG, Philippines (AP) — Delfina Guiwan’s heart was pounding as she snuck back to her village, now abandoned and eerily quiet, in the fertile foothills of gently erupting Mayon volcano in the ...