Trains arrive and depart from a subway station in the Coney Island section of New York, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) KaVon Wooden loved trains. The 15-year-old had an encyclopedic knowledge of New York Citys subway system and dream
TEEN PREGNANCY composite image from Inquirer file photos MANILA, Philippines-The University of the Philippines Population Institute (UPPI) started conducting the Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality (YAFS) Study in 1982 to provide comprehensive data
Inquirer file photo MANILA, Philippines The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) now covers annual optometry services, including prescription eyeglasses for children aged 15 and younger. Under PhilHealth Circular No. 2025-0002, the new opt
An aerial view shows inundated construction vehicles (foreground C) and flooded houses (background) caused by heavy rains brought about by Tropical Storm Trami, locally known as Krstine, in Bato town, Camarines Sur province on October 24, 2024. AFP
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2025-01-17MANILA, Philippines Five children died when a fire engulfed a three-story residential building in Tondo, Manila on Monday night. The fatalities were cousins aged eight to 14, arson probers said. According to the victims relatives, the children were
SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES / STOCK MANILA, Philippines Disciplining children will be considered child abuse if there is a clear intent to harm the childs dignity, according to the Supreme Court (SC). Quoting a decision written by Associate Jus
INQUIRER FILE PHOTO TACLOBAN CITY Two children died while three others were hospitalized in separate drowning incidents in Leyte on Sunday, Jan. 5. Joy, 10, and Jade, 9both residents of Dagami town in Leytewere found dead in an open drainage canal o
In a polarized nationokebet, one point of agreement deserves more attention: Young adults say they feel woefully unprepared for life in the work force, and employers say they’re right. In a survey by Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation of more t
house of fun bonus MANILA, Philippines More than 1,000 children benefitted from theBatang Busog Malusog (BBM)program of theOffice of the Presidential Adviser on Poverty Alleviation (OPAPA), which resumed last Thursday. OPAPA Secretary Larry Gadon le