Luis Antonio Tagle was in Francis' inner circle and is largely believed to be someone who would further his progressive ...

Tacloban (Philippines) (AFP ... Just over a year earlier, Super Typhoon Haiyan had left more than 7,000 people dead or missing after it slammed into Leyte province and the surrounding areas.

Officials in Manila have said they want to acquire similar systems in the future as part of military modernization.

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has declared a period of national mourning over the death of Pope Francis. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issued Proclamation 871 on April 23, officially ...

After Typhoon Mangkhut: Classes suspended for HK ... when Mangkhut had made landfall in the northern Luzon region of the Philippines. By the time the storm reached Hong Kong, the wind had dropped ...

Perhaps it was something he saw when he visited the people of Eastern Visayas, among the Philippines’ poorest and most typhoon-prone regions. As with any leader, people have mixed feelings about ...

Already in his late 70s, the pope had insisted on making the January 2015 trip to the central Philippines despite an approaching storm. A student looks at a display of memorabilia from the 2015 ...