The Habitat for Humanity Philippines is offering affordable housing in support of the government’s goal of addressing the 6.5 million backlog in housing for informal settler families (ISFs) and low-income earners in the country. In a press briefing on Thursday, Oct. 5, at the Base Bahay...
The Negros Occidental Impact 2025 (NOI25) aims to help address the growing housing gap in the province. Throughout its continuing service to Filipino families in need of decent housing that has now spanned nearly four decades, Habitat for Humanity Philippines has touched the lives of millions...
A major socio-economic issue in the Philippines is the housing for millions of underprivileged Filipinos. It’s a critical concern that the government continues to address head-on, with the support of many different organizations from both the public and the private sector such as Habitat for...
ILOILO CITY – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. presented the socialized housing project of the Iloilo provincial government during a meeting of a group under the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) in Japan. ILOILO Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. speaks during a meeting of the United Nations...
The Senate, by a vote of 21-0-0, has passed on third and final reading 14 local bills seeking the establishment of marine hatcheries in different parts of the country. These are House Bill (HB) 7435 (Libon, Albay); HB 7544 (Sta. Lucia, Puerto Princesa, Palawan); HB 7547 (Batad, Iloilo); HB 7691...
A cargo vessel that ran aground due to harsh weather conditions in the shallow waters off Surigao del Norte has damaged several corals and marine habitat, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Wednesday, Sept. 15. Cargo vessel LCT Golden Star 9 ran aground due to harsh weather conditions in...
Karina May “KM” Reyes, a co-founder of the Centre for Sustainability PH, a woman-led, environmental non-profit organization (NGO), empowers local and indigenous communities by training them in conducting biodiversity research in forests around Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Photo by Kyle...
