About 300 poor families who lived in illegal settlements for years have been forced to take shelter on the streets and under bridges following a demolition drive in the Philippine capital Manila. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Philippines government came under fire Friday after admitting that hundreds of homeless people were taken off Manila's streets and put into luxury accommodation during Pope Francis's recent visit, ...

Drone video showed multiple fire trucks spraying water onto the burning homes as the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and volunteer fire brigades worked hours through the night until the fire was ...

Nov. 25 (UPI) --A large fire swept through a shanty town near the port area of Manila in the Philippines on Sunday night, destroying about 1,000 homes and leaving more than 8,000 people homeless.

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 ...