Fighting climate change
It is good that more people are now getting aware of the danger the world faces due to climate change. ...
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Pandemic panners: Indonesians hunt for gold in desperate times
With the coronavirus devastating jobs across the country, desperate Indonesians are flocking to illegal gold mines as the soaring price ...
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From arms to farms, from ARMM to BARMM, from revolution to reformation: The struggle for peace and development”
By Enrico Gaveglia and Chetan Kumar The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is one of the wealthiest in ...
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A data driven revolution for a better future
By Titon Mitra Resident Representative, UNDP Philippines In a matter of months, over 3 million people have been infected, hundreds ...
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UN helps BARMM acquire ventilators for COVID patients
Cotabato City—The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Philippines is helping the Bangsamoro government acquire 15 medical ventilator machines ...
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Invisible barriers
Pervasive bias and prejudice against women continue at an alarming—in fact, shocking—rate, according to the Gender Social Norms Index, released ...
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BARMM: Professional LGUs lead to more resilient communities
Davao City"•Community progress and resilience would no longer be elusive in the predominantly Moro region, as officials say bold steps ...
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Samsung, UN Development Programme partner to support global goals
New York – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today announced a new partnership in support of the Sustainable ...
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Study seriously, Angara tells students
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara said education is a powerful tool to make the youth enablers of transformation and turn the ...
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‘PH young can help end poverty’
The Philippines, of which 30 percent of its population are under 15 and the median age is 26, should take advantage ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.