MANILA, Philippines — A lawyer denied that she notarized or prepared the affidavit read at the Senate on Thursday by Orly Regala Guteza, who introduced himself as a former bodyguard of Ako Bicol Rep.

(UPDATE) SENATE President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson said Saturday that the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) may play a key role in clarifying questions surrounding the disputed affidavit of Orly ...

Her mother had been in a nursing home paid for by Medicaid. Now, the state wanted its money back: “It was like wild animals ...

Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Friday said a full record check and background investigation on “surprise witness” Orly Regala Guteza—the man who claimed to be a former security ...

Watch the prologue from "Born Poor" — a documentary made over 14 years that follows kids in three families who try to overcome poverty from childhood through the teen years to young adulthood.

Before he died on Sept. 4 at the age of 99, psychologist Robert Jay Lifton left us with stark warnings about President Donald Trump and the American right. One of the country’s leading experts on how ...

Pope Leo XIV has issued the first major document since his election in May, a meditation on poverty. The document was begun ...

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A FedEx employee was arrested Monday after officials say in court documents that he attacked his co-worker with a hammer, then shot him multiple times over “dirty looks” while at work. Ian ...

Jessica Mota never thought she’d work in banking. The daughter of immigrants thought her accent was too strong, and she only had seven years of restaurant experience. But she learned about a ...

New Census Bureau data highlights sharp contrasts in poverty across the U.S., with some states reporting rates nearly three times higher than others. Over the three-year period from 2022 through 2024, ...