As the Philippines marked the 27th anniversary of Republic Act 8550, or the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998, on February 17, 1998, municipal fishers are in a quandary about their future with the ...

in fact is said to be one of the poorest regions in the country, with its provinces said to be on top of the list of the 25 most deprived provinces in the Philippines. Mindanao’s economy has ...

The City Government of Panabo declares political analyst Richard Heydarian persona non grata for comparing Mindanao's HDI to ...

Poverty incidence was highest among Indigenous Peoples, fisherfolk and farmers in 2023, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said based on poverty ...

I deeply regret that Richard Heydarian’s lack of understanding of Mindanao’s realities led him to draw an unfounded comparison to sub-Saharan Africa. Having been born and raised in Mindanao myself, I ...

Poverty remains one of the most pressing issues globally, with over 700 million people worldwide living in extreme poverty—on less than P123.70 per day. In the Philippines, the situation is equally ...

For generations, the Samar Sea has been a lifeline for coastal communities in Northern Samar and Samar provinces. Fishing is ...

In late 2021, Typhoon Rai, locally known as Supertyphoon Odette, rocked the Caraga and Southern Leyte regions of the Philippines ... that will doom the world’s poorest to not even having ...