If unaddressed, a new report by UNICEF Philippines and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) warns that 40 to 80 percent of the country’s water supply could…
“Workers and employers have long carried the burden of building and sustaining this country through our labor, our enterprise and our taxes. That’s why we can never be silent…
Only 1 percent of Filipino women, or 540,000 out of an estimated 54 million, have been screened for breast cancer, per a 2023 report by the Philippine Institute for Development…
In the Philippines, long considered among the “fastest-growing HIV epidemics in the Western Pacific region,” the number of new infections rose by 562 percent from 2010 to 2024.
The Department of Health notes that such forms of technology are not yet able to recognize and manage emotions.
The Department of Health said it will study each of the submissions and coordinate with the local government unit that oversees the health center included in the report.
Commission on Population and Development Deputy Executive Director Lolito Tacardon noted that an aging population would pose more of a challenge given how the government is…
A WHO study noted that the country is “likely to achieve a decrease in prevalence” of tobacco use, with the expected relative reduction from 2010 to 2025 estimated at 29…
Recent calamities have shown that most houses tend to collapse or at least sustain damage because homeowners hire only labourers, instead of licensed engineers or architects,…
Pasay Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said consultations between the national and local governments should begin in the “planning stage” in order to make sure that projects are in…