Hungry and hopeless: slum life a struggle in the lengthiest of lockdowns MANILA (Reuters) - One by one, Michelle Asinto's six children take the plate of rice doused in soy sauce and eat their share ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

(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 ...

Veronico Alfonso Jr., 35, and his family stay inside their tent at a makeshift evacuation center for residents whose houses were engulfed by a fire months ago, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ...