A huge fire forced hundreds of Philippine inmates out of their cells and razed a sprawling shantytown near a Manila prison Friday, leaving thousands of residents homeless, authorities said. About 500 ...

MANILA, March 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thousands of homeless Filipinos are ready to illegally occupy empty government housing if a plan to hand over these buildings is delayed, campaigners ...

Father Flavie Villanueva blesses palm fronds held by Manila’s homeless and relatives of Duterte drug war victims, at the Catholic Trade Building on Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Credit: Roy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents carry recovered belongings after a fire broke out in Manila, Philippines, on Sunday. Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA-EFE ...

Fire raced through a slum near the main port in the Philippine capital, killing a 5-year-old girl, gutting hundreds of shanties and leaving 4,000 people homeless, an official said Sunday. Subscribe to ...

MANILA, Philippines — Fire broke out from a residential area in Mania midnight on Wednesday, leaving hundreds of residents homeless, according to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). The BFP said the ...