Philippine authorities have detained seven suspects and several more were being sought in a major corruption scandal ...

Philippine authorities Monday detained seven suspects and several more were being sought in a major corruption scandal ...

Youths are pictured at at a slum area in Baseco, Tondo city, metro Manila MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5% last year from 18.1% in 2021, with rising food prices ...

Philippine police and other law enforcement teams were deployed to arrest 18 suspects in a corruption scandal involving flood ...

HOW we understand and measure poverty has evolved. From early income-based definitions, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s “capability approach” in the 1980s broadened the concept, viewing poverty not just ...

Francisco Sales believes he could have saved the lives of his wife Gloria Operario and their unborn child during childbirth three years ago if he had enough money. Gloria had a risky third pregnancy ...

MANILA, Philippines — The biggest threats to the Philippines in the next two years are an economic downturn and poverty, ...

Philippine police teams have been deployed to arrest 18 suspects in a corruption scandal involving flood control projects that has sparked huge protests and forced implicated congressional leaders to ...

Philippine authorities Monday detained seven suspects and several more were being sought in a major corruption scandal involving flood control projects. Massive corruption has been blamed for substand ...