At least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, flooding and other extreme weather, the ...

In what can be a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court has decided that the Commission on Elections erred when it canceled the ...

Amid all the long-running state-funded dole-out programs for the poor, a survey conducted by pollster Social Weather Stations ...

Adults in 36 countries around the world, including the United States, hold a bleak view of what the future holds for their ...

Raghuram Rajan, who teaches finance at the Booth School of Business, suggested that the government can't get the private ...

Two children and family centres on the Isle of Sheppey and in Thanet are to have their funding cut by Kent County Council ...

Two key figures from the House of Representatives aired opposing views on the high self-rated poverty figures, as shown by a ...

Children born into poverty are far more likely to remain poor in adulthood in the United States than in other wealthy countries. Why? The stickiness of poverty in the U.S. challenges the self ...

The slashed funds include a 74 billion pesos state subsidy to the state-run Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to provide free medical insurance to the poor, elderly and disabled.

The inflation data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) recently showed the immense challenges confronting policymakers in preparing the country’s future workforce. Last week, the ...

A new bill that could be a game changer in the battle against teen pregnancies in the Philippines is inching ... post-partum haemorrhage and poor mental health outcomes, like depression.

The name Imelda Marcos, the widow of the controversial and infamous dictator, will always be associated with shoes. From court shoes to peep-toes, boots and sandals, they were always the greatest ...