Flames gutted densely packed residential neighbourhood of Barangay Pleasant Hills Fire ravages Manila district on Friday, ...

Some People Need Killing** **By Patricia Evangelista, Translated by Kim Jeong-ah | Bada Publishing | 536 pages | 25,000 Korean won** Lady Love, an 11-year-old girl living in a Manila slum, had many ...

Forged in the slums of Davao City in the Philippines, budots was largely sneered at for its unsubtle, maximalist sonics and ...

Lawyers tried to argue that Rodrigo Duterte’s illness and advanced age created “compelling humanitarian grounds” for his ...

Videos of Chinese bloggers sampling recooked, seasoned leftovers in run-down Filipino neighbourhoods go viral on social media.

A massive fire tore through one of Dhaka's largest slums on Tuesday evening, leaving thousands of people homeless and turning rows of tin-roofed shanties into charred rubble, officials said. The blaze ...

PLASTIC pollution is no longer a looming crisis but a “daily reality” that continues to choke seas and strain coastal communities, Philippine officials said Tuesday, warning that its impact undermines ...

A devastating fire in a crowded slum in Bangladesh’s capital has destroyed 1,500 shanties and left thousands homeless DHAKA, Bangladesh -- A devastating fire in a crowded slum int the heart of ...

The Maharashtra Housing Department released a Government Resolution (GR) on November 13, introducing a new approach to slum cluster development in the state. The policy, approved by the Maharashtra ...

According to a government resolution (GR) issued on Thursday, the state has also allowed slum clusters on a minimum contiguous land area of 50 acres, of which more than 51% shall be slum area MUMBAI: ...

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The Slums Memory 1: Dead Robot - Up on the rooftops, look to the left when facing Clementine's home for a tall building with a circular sign on top. Hop across the lower rooftops before making your ...