Sachet of Colgate toothpaste is pictured amidst a garbage-filled shore on Freedom Island, Paranaque City MANILA (Reuters) - Armed with gloves, rubber boots and a rake, "Mangrove Warrior" Willer Gualva ...

A new law in the Philippines to support those living in poverty has won the praise of Caritas Manila, a Catholic aid agency in the country. "We congratulate and support President Duterte 100% in his ...

MANILA (Reuters) - Armed with gloves, rubber boots and a rake, "Mangrove Warrior" Willer Gualva, 68, comes to Freedom Island in the Philippines almost every day to stop it being engulfed by trash. No ...

Plastic sachets of goods give some of the poorest people in Asia access to everyday essentials in affordable small portions - but its fuelling a pollution crisis MANILA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Armed with ...

Sources: Deininger and Squire, 1996, and Philippines, National Statistics Office, 1994. Although an improvement in income distribution is often accompanied by a decrease in the poverty rate (absent a ...

They are driven by some of the same things as their predecessors, including crushing poverty, despair, government misrule and the abysmal inequality that has long plagued Philippine society. "The New ...