About 450 children from urban poor communities in Philippine capital Manila have received the sacrament of baptism from Cardinal Luis Tagle. The prelate told those who attended a Sept. 28 ceremony at ...

(AP) The ghetto called Aroma reeks of putrefying trash collected by its residents for recycling. Half-naked children with grimy faces play on muddy dirt roads lined by crumbling shanties of tarpaulin ...

A children's rights group in Manila has praised this year's winner of the Miss Universe pageant, Catriona Gray, for her work with children in slums even before she won the crown. "We highly commend ...

Fourth-grader Ella Araza sat on a tiny plastic box in her Manila slum home, trying to finish her homework before the afternoon sun sent temperatures soaring to unbearable levels. The Philippines shut ...