JUAN dela Cruz and 20 of his neighbors in a remote village in southern Mindanao are rejoicing. They sell their mangoes every year to an ethical enterprise and receive high prices from them; they also ...

The investment in global women’s health organizations is part of a $1 billion commitment that French Gates made to support women’s rights over two years. She also gave $20 million each to 12 ...

A STUDY by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) ...

DAVAO CITY — The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), together with the City Government of Davao and other national agencies, held a wreath-laying ceremony on Friday, October 17, 2025 at Leon ...

Today's headlines: over 90 dead and 400,000 displaced by Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines; Japan deploys army to hunt bears, at least 12 dead since April; In Iran, medical treatment d ...

The Southeast Asian country is predicted to face Super Typhoon Fung-wong, locally known as Uwan, in the coming days.

A UNDP and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative report revealed that 3.9% of Filipinos—or 4.47 million people—are “multidimensionally poor,” with the largest deprivations coming from ...

NEARLY eight in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty—or 887 million of the 1.1 billion globally—are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, drought, or air ...

India ranks ninth globally among countries most impacted by climate disasters over the past three decades, with nearly 430 ...

India remains one of the worst-hit countries by climate change. According to the Climate Risk Index, the country has seen some 430 extreme weather conditions, affecting nearly 1.3 billion people since ...

At least 26 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced as rains driven by Typhoon Kalmaegi flooded swathes ...

More than 40 people died and hundreds of thousands were displaced as Typhoon Kalmaegi pummeled the central Philippines on ...