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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

As many as 15,000 people are homeless after a huge fire engulfed an overcrowded slum in Manila, destroying thousands of homes and sending residents fleeing with their few possessions. The inferno ...

Darwin Ramos, a Filipino former street child who died in 2012 due to a serious degenerative disease, is on his way to sainthood. Pope Francis declared Darwin "Servant of God," giving the Diocese of ...

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 ...

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) ...