Tag: Poverty

Pope Francis has offered prayers for those who lost their jobs and those who were unable to work because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Brutal sanctions against quarantine violators, combined with a 24/7 news cycle and social media virality, have worsened mental health problems in the country.

Ibon Foundation warned that 97 percent of 11.4 million poor Filipino households that received cash aid from the government are barely surviving the lockdown.

About 100 million people living in cities worldwide will likely fall into poverty due to the coronavirus pandemic, urban experts have said, calling for...

There’s no stopping the Catholic Church in the Philippines from doing what is expected of them in difficult and desperate times: Helping the poor...

It appears that every human conversation from now on, whether or not it is done virtually, will always be unconsciously located in the COVID-19 context.

There is hunger in the world not because we lack resources but because we lack generosity

‘It is a time bomb waiting to explode,’ says community leader about the threat of COVID-19

Hunger and uncertainty haunt daily wage earners during lockdown

Millions of migrant workers face uncertainty as employers stop pay and the govt tries to shift responsibility elsewhere