MORE THAN half of the world’s slum population lives in Asia and the Pacific—including the Philippines—a new regional report ...
Terrified residents fled as a fire ripped through a crowded slum in the Philippines. Hundreds of locals evacuated their homes in the early hours of Friday to escape the blaze rapidly engulfing ...
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 ...
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 ...