A STRICTER monitoring and enforcement mechanism to ensure compliance with labor standards is needed amid a “dim” employment outlook, particularly in the country’s service and agriculture sectors, a ...

SENATE Bill 2898 and House Bill 10755, or the proposal to extend land lease terms for foreign investors to 99 years, will worsen the problem of landlessness among the agricultural population, the ...

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

For every 1,000 people, only 0.5 hospital beds are available on average. This needs to be tripled to 1.5 beds, the Department ...

VIENTIANE: Xekong province is setting ambitious goals for 2025, aiming to transform its economy and reduce poverty while ...

President Joe Biden delivered a prime-time speech on Wednesday night to make his case for his presidency as he reluctantly ...

This means that many people existed at subsistence levels where basic needs such as food, clean water and shelter were often ...