To visualise it, the annual loss is the equivalent of emptying a fully loaded jumbo jet of fish from Philippine waters every ...
Protestant churches in the Philippines condemned the conviction of a journalist and a Catholic lay worker in a high-profile ...
MANILA, Philippines — Airfares to two major tourist spots in the country – Batanes and Siargao – are expensive largely due to ...
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Our rice policy consigns farmers to poverty

OUR rice policy, which has been implemented since the 1970s, has consigned our palay farmers and agricultural workers in ...
Breast cancer in the Philippines is imposing a multi-billion peso burden on the national economy as high costs and delayed ...
THE Philippines could attain a credit rating upgrade, but it could take the next two to three years as the alleged corruption ...
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HOTSPOTI’m not sure where, when and how it started but a pernicious lie infects the minds of many Filipinos. It is a lie that affects our sense of ...
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Why poverty persists, no matter who wins

Poverty in the Philippines is neither a mystery, nor an accident. And certainly, it is not what the poor want for themselves ...
An estimated 4.5 million Filipino families no longer consider themselves poor as shown in the self-rated poverty, registering the largest single-quarter improvement ever observed, declining by 17 ...
'Backbreaking' Andaya 'Highway': Poor soil conditions lead to bad roads to Bicol? Part of the notoriously cratered Andaya "highway", which links Manila to the poverty-stricken Bicol region. Vince ...
THE PHILIPPINES remains on track for a possible credit rating upgrade as improving fiscal and external balances outweigh risks from the government’s flood control controversy, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) ...