Nearly 80 percent of the world’s poor—887 million people--live in regions that are exposed to extreme heat, flooding and ...

Child labor continues to persist within the fishing and aquaculture sectors primarily due to poverty, a practice the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Fifty-two percent or around 14.4 million Filipino families last March considered themselves poor, based on the results of the latest self-rated poverty survey of the Social ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino families say they now need at least P12,000 monthly to stay out of poverty, with those in Metro Manila placing the threshold even higher at P20,000, the latest Social ...

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 ...

MANILA -- Maria Susana Espinoza wanted only two children. But it was not until after the birth of her fourth child in six years that she learned any details about birth control. "I knew it existed, ...

MANILA -- The blaze raced through flimsy shanties in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the Philippine capital, fanned by the salty seafront breeze, Nally Elariog recalled. Within hours, she and ...

Tropical Storm ‘Ramil’ (internationally known as Fengshen) killed a family of five Sunday as it ploughed across the ...

Tropical Storm Fengshen killed a family of five today as it ploughed across the Philippines' main island Luzon, police and ...

MANILA (Reuters) - Armed with gloves, rubber boots and a rake, "Mangrove Warrior" Willer Gualva, 68, comes to Freedom Island in the Philippines almost every day to stop it being engulfed by trash. No ...

jail them,” as they marched in the Manila protest and demanded the immediate prosecution of all those involved in the scandal. “I feel bad that we wallow in poverty and we lose our homes, our lives ...