MORE THAN half of the world’s slum population lives in Asia and the Pacific—including the Philippines—a new regional report ...

Two hundred meters from my home is a community of informal settlers. Their houses, mostly made of flimsy materials, stand in stark contrast to those of people who live in posh subdivisions. The ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Delegates attending an international conference in the Philippines capital may not see what they came to discuss: abject poverty. A makeshift, temporary wall has been ...

MANILA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Firefighters on Wednesday placed under control a blaze that tore through a residential area in ...

From sachet use in Manila’s slums to a deadly landfill collapse in Cebu, the Philippines’ plastic crisis exposes a deeper ...

Raging orange flames and thick black smoke billowed into the sky Sunday as fire ripped through hundreds of houses in a closely built slum area of the Philippine capital Manila.

The inferno started in a sprawling slum near the port late Tuesday and raged for about 10 hours. The inferno started in a sprawling slum near the port late Tuesday and raged for about 10 hours, as ...

For poor families in the Philippines, electrical bills are a huge burden. But an old soda bottle, filled with water and bleach, can be turned into... In Philippine Slums, Capturing Light In A Bottle ...