PROSPERIDAD, AGUSAN DEL SUR, Philippines — Inside the provincial capitol complex here, workers carefully handle bags of soil collected from farms across the province—dark earth from upland slopes, ...

Terrified residents fled as a fire ripped through a crowded slum in the Philippines. Hundreds of locals evacuated their homes in the early hours of Friday to escape the blaze rapidly engulfing ...

Lenny* recalled freezing when he saw the first heap of garbage collapse underneath the feet of his fellow scavengers on the ...

The latest study by the state-owned think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies, or PIDS, showed that, relative to the World Bank's upper-middle-income country poverty threshold of $8.30 a ...

A narrow lane in Mumbai city's upmarket Colaba area opens up to a patch of land filled with small concrete cubicles - nooks washermen use to clean and dry the city's laundry. Surrounding the area are ...

Proponents of the Edsa @ 40 rally in a press conference. MANILA, Philippines — In anticipation of the 40th anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution, organization leaders called on the Filipino ...

In Lagos, the demolition of informal settlements – often without adequate consultation, notice or resettlement – has turned the promise of ‘housing for all’ into a tale of loss, displacement and ...

The Philippines is competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, with two athletes set to see action in alpine skiing. Francis Ceccarelli will represent the country in ...

We need some good news now, and here’s some out of left field: An important new study suggests that there’s a highly effective way to overcome one of the most intractable problems in 21st-century ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

In early January, the Philippine peso slid to 59.38 per dollar — its weakest level on record. While it has since recouped some losses, officials have signaled a tolerance for further depreciation and ...

Journal Editorial Report: Progressives are happy with New York's mayor as the party's poster boy. Photo: Richard Swafford/Zuma Press Talk about socialist irony. Zohran Mamdani said last week that his ...