The country narrowly missed its long-anticipated transition to upper-middle-income country (UMIC) status by just $26.

The upper-middle-income status is within reach of the Philippines in 2025, according to Department of Economy, Planning, and ...

From Manila’s slums to Dubai’s skyline: How Filipina entrepreneur Jenny Raet turned scraps into success Once homeless and hungry, Jenny now leads a restaurant chain in Dubai and Abu Dhabi ...

People in slums do not mind the lack of Christmas decorations in their homes, saying their community life compensates for it.

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 ...

Authorities are still investigating the cause of the fire disaster but blazes in Manila slums are often sparked by faulty electrical wiring or gas canisters. Isla Puting Bato sits in the district ...

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.

About 1,000 homes have been reduced to wreckage and ashes after fire ripped through a slum area of the Philippine capital Manila.

Residents search for useful stuff as they return to their charred homes a day after a slum area fire in Cavite Province, the Philippines on Sept. 11, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua) An aerial drone photo ...