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 ...

The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) is working with the Supreme Court’s Unified Legal Aid Service (ULAS) to widen ...

Government regulators will issue a memorandum circular within the month prohibiting water districts or joint-venture operators from charging fees or disconnecting customers if ...

THE Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) is set to conduct the National Capital Region-Wide Urban Poor ...

Residents of Happyland, a poor hamlet in the village of Tondo in Manila, has marked Holy Week with a protest march against the stockpiling of coal in the middle of their community. Carrying cardboard ...

THE Senate Committee on Finance has approved a P6.6-billion addition to the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) to support poor ...

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday urged residents of the Baseco Compound in the City of Manila to take advantage ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle appealed to Filipinos to show greater concern for the poor, saying there is “no excuse” for ...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has started enrolling 300,000 additional household beneficiaries into the Walang Gutom Program, a ...

“Madame Dinky get down from your throne and look at the conditions of poor older people,” says the banner carried by members of COSE, the Coalition of the Services for the Elderly in the Philippines.