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The Department of Social Welfare recently announced a major effort to tackle hunger and undernutrition, especially among kids. The Food Stamp Program (FSP) aims to address involuntary hunger, malnutrition, and stunting in Filipinos. Through the FSP, beneficiaries can buy select nutritious foods at...

A recent article in the Financial Times by A. Anantha Lakshmi reported that the Philippines is pressing the U.S. (and Japan, I may add) to boost trade and investment in the country as escalating tensions between Manila and Beijing spark fears of a broader economic fallout.  In an interview...

Part 4 In working for the common good of Philippine society, there is much room for volunteer work in social enterprises and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as those that will be advocated by the Angat Buhay movement that outgoing VP Leni Robredo will be inaugurating on July 1, 2022.  I...

PART I Some amount of controversy surrounded a pastoral letter of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) last February 25 in commemoration of the EDSA Power Revolution.  Some members of the Catholic laity and a few priests criticized the letter as crossing the line between...