In the Philippines, BPO and AI workers say companies require them to report in person during disasters, citing client demands and safety compliance.

Currency traders in the Philippines often hear that “news moves the market,” especially when it comes to inflation data and central bank decisions. Yet many still open positions on instinct as soon as ...

DEADLY RUBBLE Rescuers comb through the unstable Binaliw landfill in Cebu City, on Sunday, braving heavy rain, methane gas and debris to search for survivors and recover the bodies of other victims ...

WHEN a primary disposal artery fails, the resulting blockage threatens the sanitation of an entire metropolitan region. The shift of Cebu City’s waste to a temporary dumpsite in Consolacion is more ...

Signs of life have been detected by rescuers searching for more than 30 people missing after an avalanche of rubbish that left four workers dead at a landfill site in the central Philippines. Twelve ...

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Rescuers continue to search for survivors at the Binaliw landfill in Cebu City a day after a large part of it caved in CEBU, Philippines – Cebu City officials confirmed that at least 34 people are ...

A garbage mound outside Cebu City in the central Philippines collapsed on Thursday. Rescuers were searching for 34 missing people, including some trapped under the debris. By Isabella Kwai and Jason ...

Rescuers are racing against the clock to find survivors after a landfill collapsed A mountain of rubbish collapsed at a landfill in the central Philippines on Thursday, killing a 22-year-old woman and ...

One was reported dead while 30 others remain missing following a landslide at a landfill site in Barangay Binaliw in Cebu City on Thursday afternoon. According to the report of GMA Regional TV’s ...

CEBU CITY - A landslide at a landfill in Cebu City, Philippines, on Jan 8 left one person dead and several others injured, according to city officials. As at 7.35pm local time, a total of seven ...

Heavy rain in recent days has exposed a critical weakness in Cebu City's waste management infrastructure. On Thursday, sustained downpours softened the soil at the Binaliw landfill, causing a massive ...