MANILA, Philippines — Delegates attending an international conference in the Philippines capital may not see what they came to discuss: abject poverty. A makeshift, temporary wall has been erected ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino families say they now need at least P12,000 monthly to stay out of poverty, with those in Metro Manila placing the threshold even higher at P20,000, the latest Social ...

In teeming Manila, where poverty runs deep and millions lack adequate shelter, some of the living have found refuge among the dead. Laileah Cuetara's shanty sits atop a pair of raised tombs inside the ...

A Catholic center in the Philippine capital Manila has reopened its doors to allow the homeless and hungry to have meals and bathe, ending a closure for more than two years due to the Covid-19 ...

According to Global Wealth Report 2015, half of world’s wealth is now in the hands of 1% of population. In Manila, the Philippines’s capital, there is also a deep divide between the rich and the poor.

MANILA (Reuters) - Armed with gloves, rubber boots and a rake, "Mangrove Warrior" Willer Gualva, 68, comes to Freedom Island in the Philippines almost every day to stop it being engulfed by trash. No ...

Some Filipinos in Manila have have sought shelter in public graveyards Many say have permission to live in the graveyards in exchange for keeping them clean Poverty in Manila runs deep and millions ...