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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...