WASHINGTON, United States -- Just under 1,000 children -- separated from their parents while attempting to enter the United States during Donald Trump's presidency -- have yet to be reunited, the current US government said Thursday. When President Joe Biden took over from Trump in January 2021, he...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara For couples blessed with children, there is nothing more gratifying than watching them grow up and become productive members of society with their own unique and individual personalities. But, in many instances, having a child could also be very challenging —...
Children from different areas of the Philippines wrote to Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte about their dreams to have better facilities, classrooms, and school supplies, among others, as part of the United Nations Children's Fund‘s (UNICEF’s) initiative called “Letters to...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, January 25 said she expects that the Senate will schedule the sponsorship of the proposed Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC). Hontiveros, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations...
In line with its efforts to protect learners, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte underscored the initiatives by the Department of Education (DepEd) to ensure schools remain a safe environment for learners. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group “In November last year, we launched the...
UNITED NATIONS, United States – An estimated five million children under the age of five died in 2021, the United Nations said Tuesday, urging health care investment in underserved communities around the globe to avoid this "immense, intolerable and mostly preventable loss of life." Children...
Miracles do happen, and it can happen even to the youngest of children. Mr. DIY’s latest web film documents how one child experienced the most unconventional Christmas—and it changed her life forever. Her most memorable Christmas brought her great learnings and realizations that were...
The Parañaque city government distributed Noche Buena food packs to 3,873 families with malnourished children in their households. According to the City Nutrition Office officer-in-charge Dr. Mercy Bunao, the distribution of Noche Buena food packs to malnourished children is an initiative of the...
Despite being called "harmless merrymakers", children still need adults supervision when playing with light-up hand clappers, spinning pens and wands, and the substitute noisemaker "torotot", an environment and toxic watchdog stressed. (Photo courtesy of EcoWaste Coalition) In a statement, EcoWaste...
PINTURA Catmon art group and their students during the free art workshop in Santa Barbara town, Iloilo province. (Pintura Catmon) ILOILO CITY — In the spirit of Christmas, a group of artists from Santa Barbara town, Iloilo province conducted a free art workshop for children recently. “We wanted...
The Philippines has called for the protection of children’s rights to a healthy and sustainable environment. Aileen Mendiola-Rau, the country’s representative to an intergovernmental commission on human rights in Southeast Asia, made the appeal as she stressed the importance of children’s...
Independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman took to Twitter Tuesday, Dec. 13 to discuss a ccuriosity about him on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Reproductive Health (RH) Law. Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman Lagman is often referred to as the "father" of the RH...
