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

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 ...

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 ...

A woman returns to her charred home after a fire at a slum area in Manila, the Philippines, July 2, 2025. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali) Residents search for their belongings as they return to their charred ...

Fourth-grader Ella Araza sat on a tiny plastic box in her Manila slum home, trying to finish her homework before the afternoon sun sent temperatures soaring to unbearable levels. The Philippines shut ...