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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...