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 ...

LOW-QUALITY Philippine urban housing was estimated at 40% of the total, higher than the corresponding shares for India or Indonesia, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a working paper. Citing ...

Raging orange flames and thick black smoke billowed into the sky Sunday as fire ripped through hundreds of houses in a closely built slum area of the Philippine capital Manila.

The Philippines shut down thousands of schools nationwide, as the temperature in Manila crossed a record high. Many schools have no air conditioning, and students have to sweat it out, but conditions ...

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 ...