MANILA, Philippines -- New Year's firecrackers left at least one man dead and 380 others injured, and caused a fire that gutted 1,000 shanties in the Philippines despite rain and a government warning ...

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 ...

Mary Grace Aves is terrified of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, but the best weapons to protect her family -- isolation and sanitation -- are unreachable luxuries in the Manila shantytown they call ...

SHOTLIST MANILA, PHILIPPINES MARCH 18, 2020 SOURCE: AFPTV 1. Pan right packed houses at a slum near the river 2. Aerial shot slum area beside the river 3. Mid shot children playing at a slum house 4.

MANILA, Philippines – Just a few miles from the gleaming venue hosting President Barack Obama and other world leaders sits Manila's slum of slums on a mountain of trash, a potent reminder to the Asia ...

MANILA (AFP) – Five dead crocodiles, 14 critically endangered turtles and a cache of other rare species have been found in the home of a suspected wildlife trader in one of the Philippines' biggest ...

Tondo used to be known for its shanties and violence. Today, it’s a cog in the Philippines’ high-fashion industry. Photo credit: Purple Romero Angelita Montelibano, 63, knows the story of Smokey ...

Not every desperate father would do what Romeo Roga did. His 1-year-old son was suffering from measles and the poor stevedore needed cash to pay for his medical bills. Carrying sacks of rice at Manila ...