A massive fire engulfed Isla Puting Bato, a crowded shanty town in Tondo, Manila, on Sunday, leaving nearly 8,000 people homeless and destroying over 1,000 stilt houses. The fire began around 8 a.m. and raged for almost eight hours before being declared under control...
The Philippines and China have agreed on a provisional arrangement to facilitate the resupply of a Philippine military outpost on a contested reef in the South China Sea. This development, announced by Manila on Sunday, aims to reduce tensions in one of the region’s...
