Various reports say Filipino children suffer from all of them ... a kind of graduation or recognition ceremony. Each child's family, poor or not, has to pay P580 for the child's participation.

women and children were ... particularly the poor, the mansions brought back memories of the extravagant lifestyles of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos' family in the 1970s and 1980s.

Contrary to what many people think, stunting — or a child being unexpectedly short for their age — is not only the result of ...

I have written about the nature of this seminar in a previous column (“Educating the Filipino family,” 11/21/12 ... with three qualified school-age children can get from the 4Ps program, with the ...

A new survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS) posted on Saturday revealed encouraging signs in poverty alleviation, as more ...

We are poor in many ways ... of the contemporary world where family life has been continually eroding. "The typical Filipino couple's major concern is their children, their children's welfare ...

At age 33 and raising six children in a slum named “Paradise Village”, Myrna Albos is Exhibit A for the Philippines ... and other family planning methods to couples in poor communities ...

MANILA, Philippines — Water ... access to clean drinking water. The poor and the marginalized oftentimes do not have such access, and thus millions of children and infants from low-income ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP ... a life of privilege in Bangladesh to lead a movement providing education to poor children and an East Timor farmer, who uses his songs to campaign for food security ...