Philippine Tuition-Free College Opens Branch in Caloocan

Manila, Philippines - Poverty aside, quality and accessible education are preventing Filipinos from getting the kind of education they deserve.  Just to get a high school diploma is also never enough to become competitive in the global arena today.  The poor must...

Woman found stuffed in steel drum, in-laws charged with murder

A plastic bag was over her head. She had a belt around her neck. She had been handcuffed. She was found at the bottom of Manila Bay, encased in concrete, inside a steel drum, further encased in concrete, inside a...

Philippines -- Filipino games experience reborn at Quezon City school

Makati City, Philippines - Selected North Fairview Elementary School students from grades 4, 5 and 6 spent a couple of carefree hours on Oct 21 to help promote the games of the Filipino heritage.  The students were part of the launching of Magna Kultura's Larong...

"Marce" inundates most of Western Philippines

Rains have raged on for most of the last three days in the Western part of the Philippines, including Metro Manila, bringing about flooding and landslides in certain areas.  In the capital, 93 centimeters of flood have been reported in the central business district of...

Runaway oil prices put strain on Manila's (abysmal) public transport system

Unlike other Asian countries which subsidize oil, the Philippines' free market on petroleum products fall victim to the unrelenting increases in global oil prices.  Since January of this year, price of petrol have risen 18 times--from Php45/liter (approx....

Catholics celebrate Feast of St. John the Baptist

Every town in the world named St. John or "San Juan" today celebrates the feast of St. John the Baptist.  In the Philippines, a predominantly Catholic nation, the annual celebration is met with playful dousing and sprinkling of water to... any one. In the City of...

Philippine-Based Non-Profit Lifts Cause of Smart But Destitute Youth

A myriad of non-profit organizations focus on education as a way to address the poverty issue in the Philippines.  Many of these organizations provide everything from volunteer teachers to academic materials,...

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