QUEZON CITY – A bag of rice is more than mere food for empty stomachs. For urban poor residents of NIA Road in Barangay Pinyahan, it’s a lifeline to survive another day.

DAVAO CITY – Passersby froze in their tracks. Bystanders were wide-eyed in disbelief. Who would’ve thought they’d see and shake hands with Mr. Pure Energy in the flesh, right in front of them?

PAYATAS, Quezon City – “If not for Operation Blessing, my son might have died from malnutrition,” Katherine Maggay said in tears. “I almost gave up and said to God that if it is His will to take my child, then let it be.”

“Who has believed in Jesus as their Savior?” Operation Blessing President Peter Kairuz asked a fifth grade class in Bagac, Bataan after giving them their fill of champorado (chocolate rice porridge). OB was in this province, north of Manila, for a weeklong feeding program, medical mission, livelihood assist ...

She’s having a hard time with her ABCs, is listless in class, and barely has answers in her tests. Maricel Mermita, 6, is off to a rough start, and so are her Grade 1 classmates in Gugo Elementary School in Samal, Bataan, north of Manila.