The United Nations has designated Oct. 16 each year as World Food Day. On this day, the global community is urged to raise awareness and take action for those suffering from hunger and to emphasize ...

We lose so much learning hours in this country, and not just from typhoons, floods, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

An official has called for a whole-of-government effort to optimize the workforce while demographic conditions are favorable.

Nearly 700 million people around the world are classified as living in extreme poverty, surviving on less than USD2.15 per ...

This highly urbanized city has released PHP5.62 million in cash assistance to 936 eligible solo parents under the local ...

Nearly 80 percent of the world’s poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a “double and deeply unequal burden,” the United ...

MANILA, Philippines — At least 27 elementary school children died and another 100 were hospitalized after eating a snack of cassava — a root that's poisonous if not prepared correctly — during morning ...