Philippines

09.08.2010
UN's Badcock: No problem working with Imelda
MANILA, Philippines - The United Nations (UN) is open to working with Ilocos Norte 2nd District Rep. Imelda Marcos in creating development targets for member-states, its Philippine representative said.

07.26.2010
No expulsion for unmarried pregnant students, teachers
PREGNANT, unmarried coeds and teachers need not fear expulsion from schools starting this year.

07.25.2010
RP races to meet Millennium Development Goals by 2015
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines is racing to meet its Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by 2015 as the government is getting poor marks in era-dicating extreme poverty and hunger and achieving universal education, latest MDG indicators showed.

07.21.2010
Missing boys
WHILE GOING through the 2008 National Demographic Health Survey, I caught a rather shocking figure: the median number of years of schooling for females in the Philippines was 7.4 while for males it was 6.4.

07.19.2010
New Oxford poverty index rates RP incidence low
Poverty incidence in the Philippine remains at its low level, despite the millions of families that do not have access to safe drinking water, quality healthcare, and even education, according to the Oxford University's new poverty index released Wednesday.

07.14.2010
A better way to measure global poverty
The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) of Oxford University and the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a new poverty measure that gives a ‘multidimensional’ picture of people living in poverty, which its creators say could help target development resources more effectively.

07.09.2010
RP, UNDP launch implementing rules on Magna Carta of Women, 2010 Asia-Pacific HDR
MANILA, July 9 —- Two key documents outlining women’s rights and empowerment tools guaranteed by the State were launched respectively on Thursday by the governmental Filipino Commission on Women (FCW) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Philippines.

07.08.2010
Launching of the implementing rules of Magna Carta of Women and the Asia-Pacific Human Development Report
Chairperson Myrna T. Yao (extreme right) of the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) explains the implementing rules of the Magna Carta of Women (Republic Act No. 9710) and the 2010 Asia-Pacific Human Development Report during a press conference at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City Thursday

06.28.2010
More Pinoys fall thru the cracks
If it is not obvious that more people are getting poorer, a new study puts it starkly: the global economic recession pushed two million more Filipinos into poverty.

06.21.2010
NAPC urges Aquino to continue Kalahi projects
THE National Antipoverty Commission (NAPC) has urged the incoming Aquino administration to consider continuing the Kapit-bisig Laban sa Kahirapan (Kalahi) projects, which it said have been instrumental in improving the lives of the poor in many areas of the country.