Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Youths are pictured at at a slum area in Baseco, Tondo city, metro Manila MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped ...

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 — 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 ...

Children pray before eating their free meals inside a missionary house during a feeding program funded by a South Korean missionary, at a slum area in Baseco, Tondo city, metro Manila MANILA (Reuters) ...

The Philippines, with its abundant natural resources and vibrant cultural legacy, should by all indicators be a thriving and resilient economy. Yet more than seventy years after independence, it ...