manila news - Search News

Inferno destroys thousands of shanties in Manila’s biggest slum area

A massive fire tore through a coastal shanty town in the Philippine capital on Sunday, leaving at least 2,000 families homeless as flames billowed for nearly eight hours.

globalconstructionreview · 1d

8,000 left homeless by Manila slum inferno

Eight thousand people have been left homeless in Manila after a major fire ripped through a densely packed slum area on Sunday, CNN reports.

Newsflare on MSN · 1d

Fire destroys shanty town leaving thousands homeless in the Philippines

A massive fire tore through a shanty town and left thousands homeless in the Philippines capital Manila. The blaze broke out in the slums of Isla Puting Bato - a squatter settlement that sits next to the heavily polluted Manila Bay - on the morning of4.

Irish Independent on MSN · 1d

Huge blaze destroys up to 1,000 homes in Philippines slum town

A massive fire tore through a coastal town in the Philippine capital of Manila yesterday, destroying a thousand homes and sending smoke billowing into the sky. Military helicopters yesterday doused the raging orange flames that had taken hold of the closely built slum area of Isla Puting Bato.

Police try to identify Aussie romance scam victims following a scam centre raid in Manila

Authorities are trying to identify Australians who fell victim to romance scams following the raid of a scam centre in Manila ...

1don MSN

Massive Manila fire near port leaves thousands homeless

A large fire swept through a shanty town near the port area of Manila in the Philippines om Sunday night, destroying about ...

Philippine Daily Inquirer32m

Marcos arrives in Manila from one-day UAE working visit

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has arrived in Manila after his one-day working visit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The plane carrying Marcos landed at the Villamor Air ...

Huge fire engulfs residential compound in Manila

A huge fire engulfed a residential compound in Manila on Sunday morning. About 600 families - or 3,000 people - have fled to ...

12h

Game of Thrones in Manila: Marcos-Duterte feud turns nasty with assassination threat

The usually soft-spoken President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Nov 25 declared he would face Vice-President Sara Duterte head-on, ...

Australian Institute of International Affairs2h

The Manila Dialogue’s Role in Shaping South China Sea Diplomacy

Can Manila balance diplomacy with defence to protect its sovereignty amid Beijing's aggressive expansion in the South China ...

5-alarm fire engulfs homes in Manila; firefighters battle blaze

A 5-alarm fire erupted in Isla Puting Bato, located in Manila’s Tondo district, on Sunday morning, quickly spreading and ...

philstar.com2h

Manila Water confirms plans to 'maximize' international portfolio

Manila Water confirmed a recent report that it is “paying attention to [its] portfolio and how [MWC] can maximize the portfolio”, saying that it is continuing to review “current business performance ...