When Dr. Katrina Magbojos joined the Philippines' Doctors to the Barrios (DTTB) program, she was assigned not to a distant island or a conflict zone, as the term "barrios" might suggest, but to ...

In Mabini, Davao de Oro Province, indigenous peoples (IPs) used to manually produce only a few hundred kilograms of abaca fiber, which is used for making ropes, twines, fishing lines, and other marine ...

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) launched the Meet the Diplomats Series (MDS) on 24 February 2026, spotlighting Thailand-Philippines ...

The Philippines' "doctors to the barrios" model shows how workforce shortages, intersected with governance, financing and system design, reveal why rural care remains fragile despite years of reforms.

While the Philippines has been one of the most dynamic economies in the East Asia and Pacific region, with GNI per capita more than tripling, and poverty declining sharply from 33.5 percent in 2000 to ...

MANILA, Philippines — Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Wednesday urged Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) member states to collaborate on solutions to the “wicked ...