The United Nations Children’s Fund urged governments to reopen schools closed by the coronavirus pandemic as soon as possible, saying that the education of more than 600 million children is at stake. While acknowledging the difficult choices governments have to

After earning the country’s first Olympic gold medal, Hidilyn Diaz is suddenly being showered with millions of pesos worth of prizes from almost every Tom, Dick and Harry, who is either truly appreciative of her efforts, or simply capitalizing on

Environmental campaigners expressed disappointment over President Rodrigo Duterte’s sixth and final State of the Nation Address that rambled for more than three hours but failed to mention any actions to protect the environment and mitigate the impacts of the ongoing

In a country where extraordinary stories of our famed resilience somehow managing to triumph over adversity have been few and far between, the Filipino people have in recent years learned to lower standards and expectations, especially from our countrymen in

A new report that quantifies the total amount of food lost on farms globally revealed an estimated 2.5 billion tons of food goes uneaten around the world each year. That figure is an increase of approximately 1.2 billion tons compared

The Department of Health revealed that the Department of Science and Technology will conduct a study on breakthrough infections among individuals fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in an interview that the proponent of the study

Despite the numerous serious challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics that was originally scheduled for the summer of 2020 is finally underway. As coronavirus cases surged all over the globe in recent months, powered by the fearsome

In a recently held virtual meeting with five other Asian agriculture ministers, Agriculture Secretary William Dar cited the need for regional and international collaboration in the agriculture sector in a bid to build more sustainable food systems. As he acknowledged

Economists are warning that the Philippine economy will be at the losing end anew once the Delta variant infects more people and prompts the government to impose another round of strict lockdowns as they urge the Covid-19 vaccination program in

The global effort to eradicate hunger by 2030 that has already been facing challenges before the Covid-19 pandemic, suffered further setbacks as a UN report released last week found an estimated 18 percent increase in the number of people facing