MANILA, Philippines -- The ghetto called Aroma reeks of putrefying trash collected by its residents for recycling. Half-naked children with grimy faces play on muddy dirt roads lined by crumbling ...

A massive fire tore through a coastal shanty town in the Philippine capital on Sunday, leaving at least 2,000 families homeless as flames billowed for nearly eight hours. Drone footage from the Manila ...

Firemen tackled a huge fire that ripped through hundreds of slum homes in the Philippine capital Manila on Sunday. Footage shows a Philippine Air Force helicopter dumping water over the raging inferno ...

MANILA, Philippines Fire raced through a slum near the main port in the Philippine capital, leaving 4,000 people homeless and killing a 5-year-old girl, an official said Sunday. The Saturday night ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Thousands of squatters resisting eviction shut down the Philippine capital's main highway on Thursday as demolition crews pulled down ...

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 (Reuters) - One by one, Michelle Asinto's six children take the plate of rice doused in soy sauce and eat their share before passing it on. This is what a meal can look like in the slums around ...

(CNN) — A massive fire tore through a coastal shanty town in the Philippine capital on Sunday, leaving at least 2,000 families homeless as flames billowed for nearly eight hours. (CNN) — A massive ...