JANINE GUTIERREZ - A strong message from Janine Gutierrez is gaining attention as she calls for immediate action on the Philippines’ garbage crisis.

MANILA, Philippines — An avalanche of garbage and debris buried or trapped workers in low-slung buildings at a landfill in the Philippines, killing two people, injuring a dozen, and leaving 36 others ...

Rescuers detected signs of life in an avalanche of garbage that killed at least four workers and left more than 30 others missing Thursday in a central Philippines landfill and plan to intensify ...

Rescue workers searched on Friday for dozens of people buried under a mountain of garbage that collapsed at a landfill in the central Philippines, killing at least one. Nearly 50 people were buried ...

LAST Sept. 30, Cebu was rocked by a magnitude-6.9 earthquake, with its center in Bogo and San Remigio towns in the north. The force of the earthquake reached Cebu City down in the south as well.

A catastrophic dumpsite collapse buried scavengers collecting recyclables at a landfill in the Philippines’ Rizal province on Feb. 20, following a similar incident in Cebu in January that killed 36 ...