This study is a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of the online news coverage of the influx of and the need for (foreign) humanitarian aid during the aftermaths of Typhoons Yolanda and Lawin in the Philippines. Through an ...

The research seeks to lay out an approximate description of the actual current living conditions of Kopinos in the Philippines, and identify the common problems that they are experiencing, particularly in the light of their ...

Climate change effects are felt and observed around the world. The Philippines in fact is part of the list of the most vulnerable countries to climate change effects. The Philippine government have enacted policies and ...

The Philippines is known to be a developing country with more than 100 million people. The vast majority of the total population or about 90% of the people are prepaid or “pay-as-you-go” SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) ...

Health is a right. It is a right that every individual is entitled to. Given this context and fact, there are institutional arrangements that can foster and advance the right to health, and one of which is through public ...

The PAMANA program, as a complementary tract to the peace process in the Philippines, aims to provide peace and development projects to conflict-affected and conflict-vulnerable areas. One of its objectives is to build ...

This study lays out the various perceived health effects by using public transportation of Metro Manila’s commuters. It was also used to pinpoint successes and failures of the government in their mitigation efforts on the ...

The Philippine government is mandated to promote the right to health care of all Filipinos. In order to do so, the National Health Insurance Program of the Philippines was created which aims to provide and ensure that ...

“An accident you're in? It marks you on the outside, maybe. Scars your face or your skin-breaks bones, crushes skulls, and leaves the body changed. An accident witnessed? You're different on the inside. Maybe there's no ...

In response to the problem of fiscal constraints, the government has resorted to dependence on the private sector involvement in the provision and management of basic social services. Subject to extensive participation of ...