MUCH has been said and written about the state of development of Mindanao recently. I will not get into the "Sub-Saharan" debate, but I checked out recent figures that say something about poverty in ...

MARCH holds particular importance in the Philippines, as it's National Women's Month. And this year's commemoration, which has "Babae sa Lahat ng Sektor, Aangat ang Bukas sa Bagong Pilipinas" as its ...

MANILA: A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck the waters off Burgos, Surigao del Norte in Mindanao, on Sunday morning (March 16), the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs ...

DAVAO CITY – The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) has strongly objected to a political analyst's recent comparison of Mindanao’s human development status to that of Sub-Saharan African countries ...

Mindanao Development Authority emphasizes the island’s contribution as food basket of the Philippines; Stresses Mindanao’s HDI is well above aggregate of Sub-Saharan Africa and even surpasses that of ...

Acosta’s speech was in reaction to Heydarian’s interview with CNN, where he said that the human development index (HDI) of Mindanao “is similar to Sub-Saharan Africa.” Heydarian raised such point when ...

[From L to R:] Eastern Communications’ (EC) AVP and Head of Marketing & Customer Experience Jed Estanislao, EC Product Manager Edwin De Jesus, EC CAN Planning & Engineering Head Rachelle Roque, EC ...

THE learning crisis in the Philippines and other Asian countries could worsen if climate change-induced weather disturbances lead to more school closures, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) ...

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