Half of Filipino families perceive themselves as poor, according to a survey from the Social Weather Survey published.

Last month, tens of thousands of Filipinos took to the streets following a series of revelations that some of the country’s ...

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 -- 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 ...

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 ...

Nakaishi observed that all domestic waste was mostly discarded out of the window into the sea, turning plastic waste into sludge. Although the residents’ livelihood mainly depends on fishing, their ...

When Nakaishi asked the children who were earning money from the dangerous rubbish heaps about their dreams for the future, they all wanted to become doctors or teachers. This experience prompted him ...