continued going to the Philippines at his own expense on 20 occasions over seven years, and he got to know more than 50 Japanese men living in poverty in slums in Manila. Some of them, including a ...

Residents return to their charred homes after a fire at a slum area in Manila, the Philippines, on Oct. 15, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua) A resident returns to his charred home after a fire at a slum area ...

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Of Manila’s population of 12 million, about a third live in slums, possibly the most in any urban area in the world ... The backlog for government housing in the Philippines is about 5.5 million, ...

Investigative reporter Nicholas Jones and visual journalist Mike Scott travelled to the Philippines to document the life-saving work. 70 Deaths A Day The Kiwi nurse fighting tuberculosis in Manila ...

Manila, the capital of the Philippines, is one of the most crowded cities on Earth. An estimated 200,000 people live in a single square mile in some neighborhoods - nearly three times the density ...

Around 80 families have been left homeless after residential areas in Parañaque and Quezon City were hit by fires, the Bureau ...

Growing up in the slums of Manila, Manalo faced immense challenges ... “I arrived in the Philippines in 1993,” Manalo recalls. His father was a musician, who met his mother in South Korea.

Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray. Gray/Instagram Catriona Gray has come full circle as an advocate of Young Focus, a ...

When President Rodrigo Duterte came into power he did so on a promise to crack down mercilessly on the nation’s drug cartels and their dealers. Seven months later more than 7,000 people have ...

BBC Reel: Bali's beautiful bamboo home Philippines country profile Mr ... is designed to help the influx of workers moving to Manila's slums The young designer was inspired by his grandparent's ...

MANILA--The Japanese Embassy here said it formally asked the Philippines to deport four Japanese individuals believed to have orchestrated fraud scams and violent robberies against victims in ...