By 2008, for the first time, the global urban population had outnumbered the rural population. The Sustainable Development ...

Kindergarten teacher Lolita Akim fires up five standing fans with three more at the ready as she fights to hold the attention ...

Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste 2025, events in Nairobi, New York and across the world have shone a spotlight on ...

AS we gear up for 2025 national and local elections, the pressing need to address the vulnerabilities of informal settlers — ...

Show more Ashley heads to the Philippines to find out if joining a gang is the only way to survive in the slum districts of the capital, Manila. From the street kids with few choices to families ...

MANILA, Philippines — A fire broke out at the five-story Ospital ng Maynila in Malate before dawn yesterday. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the blaze started at around 1:30 a ...

Sleeping between sewer drains and noisy railway tracks, these three young women from India’s most crowded slums have defied the odds to take their education to the next level here in Sydney.

Researchers from the University of the Philippines Manila College of Pharmacy have developed an herbal medicine for diabetes management. Citing diabetes as the fourth leading cause of death and ...

MANILA – It must have been a jarring sight for Philippine officials: a once-thriving coral reef system in Sabina Shoal, now reduced to a skeletal graveyard of broken, bleached fragments at the ...

At least 19 colleges and universities in Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, and Bulacan have suspended face-to-face classes today in anticipation of the three-day nationwide transport strike. The ...