“Hunger is a reality in the Philippines. “People have been doing it for so long, it has been embedded in the subculture of the slums that eating pagpag is OK. Without the government ...

Many of the slum dwellers cannot afford to buy even a tenth of what the rich have. When I asked one of the informal settlers about the decorations of the rich, the answer surprised me. He said that ...

A massive fire tore through a coastal shanty town in the Philippine capital on Sunday, leaving at least 2,000 families homeless ... until 4 p.m. Authorities are still investigating the cause of the ...

Firemen tackled a huge fire that ripped through hundreds of slum homes in the Philippine capital Manila on Sunday. Footage shows a Philippine Air Force helicopter dumping water over the raging ...

the Philippine capital, destroying 1,000 homes and sending smoke billowing into the sky. Military helicopters doused raging flames, which took hold of the densely-built slum area of Isla Puting ...

The words of a Japanese man in the slums in the Philippines also provided encouragement for Kumeta. “I want many people to learn that such a man exists here,” Kumeta quoted the man as saying.