IN recent weeks, news media have been reporting youth gangs involved in fistfights, stabbing and riots across Metro Manila.

The most famous – or infamous — of these dumpsites was the 17-story Smokey Mountain, covering 20 hectares on the outskirts of ...

In Pakistan, some gyms offer street kids a chance to escape poverty through MMA. Follow these young fighters inside and outside the cage in episode 2 of Kids Fight. Scientists warn of ...

For 23-year-old Ariel John Elic, a government program is more than just a policy. It is the roof over his family’s head and the path to a degree. A Political Science student at Jose Rizal Memorial ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) linked the sharp decline in food poverty in the fourth quarter of 2025 to the expansion of government rice programs and other food supply ...

Poverty, faith, and family shaped the journey of Mylene Jane Gamayon De La Cruz, a former Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiary from Barangay Liboran, Baungon, Bukidnon, who landed Top ...

Manila: Food poverty in the Philippines fell sharply in the fourth quarter of 2025, signaling easing pressure on households as food access improved and prices stabilized amid government interventions, ...

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 ...

What is one important lesson we can learn from the Philippines' conditional cash transfer program? Poor and vulnerable families can overcome poverty and deprivation through their own efforts. All they ...

U.S. Army Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and members of the Philippine Marine Corps and Scout Ranger Regiment carry out a ...

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