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Measuring poverty in the age of climate change

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 ...
WHILE nongovernmental organizations and charity groups have mission statements that claim to uplift the lives of impoverished families, assistance is often restricted by donations and charity funds ...
A group of seminarians in Mindanao has joined mounting calls for accountability and transparency with regard to ...
Juan Ponce Enrile, the Philippine defense chief during a martial-law era notorious for human rights atrocities, democratic ...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada has filed a measure seeking to expand the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and increase cash ...
The Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) on Thursday underscored the role of reclamation in easing flooding, reducing ...
The Philippines is no longer the “Sick Man of Asia.” Since 2011, its GDP has been one of the fastest growing in the Indo-Pacific region, together with India and Vietnam. Over the last 40 years, after ...
Families forced into evacuation centers face congested conditions that heighten the risk of disease outbreaks, exacerbate ...
Batangas Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste has donated P6 billion worth of shares and proceeds from the sale of his shares in the ...
President William Ruto’s government acts as an arm of an industry whose leaders compare women to dogs and blame them for ...
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Slouching toward annus horribilis

WHEN the liberal democracy-appropriate name “National Economic and Development Authority” was changed to the pretentious, ...