There are 230 registered dormitories in Manila and about 700 illegal boarding houses. On Jan. 9 last year, eight occupants of a two-story boarding house died when fire gutted the building.

THE Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), in partnership with the Department of Budget and Management, is set to start the construction of a new P360-million dormitory for ...

Philippine builders from Ayala Land to the billionaire Sy family’s SM Prime are slowing down the construction and marketing of new high-rise housing projects as the real estate industry grapples ...