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As the Asia-Pacific region faces the brunt of climate change, ChildFund International has launched a comprehensive framework to build the resilience of children, families, and communities. This framework aims to protect children from the devastating impacts of extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and other environmental hazards. In the Asia Pacific region, 65% of children have experienced four or more …

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday underscored the success of its Buong Bansa Handa (BBH) project, which enabled the agency to swiftly meet the immediate needs of families affected by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami). As of 6 a.m. on Thursday, the DSWD had distributed 71,514 family food packs (FFPs) and 2,134 non-food items (NFIs) worth …

The United States Peace Corps, with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), recently launched the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Toolkit, a comprehensive training guide designed to help Peace Corps Volunteers and their partner communities build resilience by enhancing their disaster preparedness capability.   The DRR Toolkit contains resources on developing disaster preparedness strategies, conducting risk assessments, managing …

Education Secretary Sonny Angara on Thursday expressed optimism about the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to elevate the quality of education in the Philippines. Speaking to reporters at the AI Horizons PH 2024 Conference at the University of the Philippines (UP), Angara said AI could improve learning efficiency and offer valuable support to both teachers and students. “We’re closely studying …

The Philippines is set to be the President-nominee of the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA) to be held in Geneva, Switzerland in May 2025. This is after the 75th Regional Committee Meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Western Pacific where member states in attendance gained consensus to nominate the Philippines. “Filipinos are recognized as bridge-builders in the …

As the Philippines faces an alarming increase in the frequency and intensity of typhoons, the urgent need for more evacuation centers has become clear.  Each storm displaces countless families, and the lack of adequate, safe, and accessible shelters only worsens an already critical situation. Many existing centers are overcrowded and poorly equipped, leading to unsafe and unsanitary conditions. Building more …

By Rose de la Cruz With US comebacking presidential aspirant Donald Trump pushing for stronger trade restrictions, including slapping 60 percent or more tariffs on all Chinese goods and 10 percent universal tariff hikes, Finance Secretary Ralph Recto said this would adversely affect international trade, including those from the Philippines.  Recto, in his attendance to the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty …

By Rose de la Cruz Fuel companies make a fool of their consumer all the time by reducing pump prices by a few centavos once and then jacking up the prices several times in bigger amounts the next.. Their usual excuse is that fuel prices follow global market pricing which is based on projected and actual production (always at the …

By Rose de la Cruz By 2030, the Philippine railway system would have expanded threefold in length and nearly fivefold in train ridership with the completion of investment-approved projects, optimistically projected by the Department of Transportation.  But this would all depend on how fast funding is raised and the extent of private participation in such infrastructure projects as the country’s …

By Rose de la Cruz It could better be just a dream for the Commission on Election to aspire for dismantling private armies, which recent past elections have failed to achieve despite all the rhetoric to that effect.. Neither the help of the Philippine National Police nor the Armed Forces could dismantle such private armed groups of politicians, whose resources …