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 ...

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

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

In his latest 30-minute mini-documentary, Goldberg goes under Manila’s busiest highway — San Andreas Bukid — where around 300 people (about 100 families) live in makeshift homes.

Lenny* recalled freezing when he saw the first heap of garbage collapse underneath the feet of his fellow scavengers on the ...

In this video we explore two buffet experiences in Manila, Philippines, one priced around $20 and another around $60. Both ...

A catastrophic dumpsite collapse buried scavengers collecting recyclables at a landfill in the Philippines’ Rizal province on 20 February, following a similar incident in Cebu in January that killed ...

IN these trying times, conceding to despair and hopelessness presents an easier alternative than courage and hope. Shaken by ...

Duterte championed vigilante justice amid rising drug pushers, petty thieves DUTERTE WATCH. Relatives and supporters of ...

Under one of the busiest highways in the Philippines you will find 100 families, all living in hot, cramped, dark and scavenging conditions – but to the shock of many, they are mostly happy and ...

PUBLIC Attorney’s Office (PAO) chief Persida Rueda-Acosta on Sunday expressed gratitude over firefighters’ prompt actions that spared the building which houses PAO and Board of Parole and Pardon (BPP) ...

The historic pre-trial of Rody Duterte at the International Criminal Court provides lessons that this and succeeding administrations must heed. The biggest lesson – though secondary only to the fact ...