Tag: Poverty
Serving the undeserving
If we wish to realize the kingdom of God, then we must start understanding our collective culpability for the poverty of the marginalized
A vicious cycle of poverty and suffering
Poverty has been and has always been inflicted upon those who have the least resistance
Poverty. Misery. Catastrophe.
'The truth remains that a markedly big number of people are destitute, hungry, sick — all arguments to the contrary notwithstanding'
Filipinos claim quality of life got worse in recent months during...
The survey revealed that only eight percent of the respondents said that life became better, while 12 percent said life stayed the same.
In a red Dutch house, by the banks of Marikina River,...
Thousands of jeepney drivers lost their source of living after the government prevented them from going back to the streets
UN poverty report on Malaysia falls on deaf ears
Envoy accuses Malaysian govt of ‘statistical sleight of hand’ in claiming it has a poverty rate of 0.4 percent
Indian slum beats COVID-19 but suffers under lockdown
Despite social distancing and home quarantining being near impossible, the lack of infections in Dharavi is nothing short of a miracle, priest says
More Filipinos suffer involuntary hunger, survey says
About 20.9 percent of the respondents said they suffer from “hunger due to lack of food to eat” as the country faced the coronavirus pandemic
Vatican official calls for action to fight hunger
In 2019, an estimated 690 million people went hungry, due to this year’s pandemic that number is expected to rise by between 83 and 132 million
Driven to desperation, jeepney drivers threaten to torch their vehicles
The government should move decisively to address the restiveness of the 50,000 jeepney drivers in the capital