MANILA -- The blaze raced through flimsy shanties in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the Philippine capital, fanned by the salty seafront breeze, Nally Elariog recalled. Within hours, she and ...

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Residents of Happyland, a poor hamlet in the village of Tondo in Manila, has marked Holy Week with a protest march against the stockpiling of coal in the middle of their community. Carrying cardboard ...

MANILA, Philippines — The film opens casually enough. Children wearing Halloween masks float, or roll, backwards. As we pay attention to the surroundings, we realize we are following the children ...

“Madame Dinky get down from your throne and look at the conditions of poor older people,” says the banner carried by members of COSE, the Coalition of the Services for the Elderly in the Philippines.

THE Senate Committee on Finance has approved a P6.6-billion addition to the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) to support poor students in college. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate ...