Part of the Philippine urban landscape for decades, jeepneys, small buses originally made from military vehicles left by the Americans after the second world war, are being phased out. Pollution and safety concerns mean jeepneys 15 years or older wi...
Philippine prosecutors have said they will file charges of tax evasion against a news website that has been critical of the president, Rodrigo Duterte. The justice department said on Sunday it found probable cause to indict Rappler Holdings Corp. an...
The former first lady of the Philippines, who became renowned for her lavish collection of shoes, has been found guilty of seven counts of corruption during her twenty years in office. Imelda Marcos, 89, is facing a jail sentence of between six and...
Almost 100 people have been presumed dead after a landslide caused by Typhoon Mangkhut enveloped a small mining town in the Philippines and buried homes and a miners’ bunkhouse where dozens of people had taken shelter. The landslide struck the remot...
The death toll from Typhoon Mangkhut has risen to 64 in the Philippines, where dozens of people, mostly miners and their families, are still feared trapped after a landslide in the remote village of Ucab. The storm, the strongest in the region so fa...
A human rights activist branded a terrorist by the Philippine government has urged the international community to support an independent investigation into political killings in the country. Amid growing unrest in the Philippines, Joan Carling said...
The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has said that he personally ordered the detention of an Australian Catholic nun, warning that any foreign critics of his government face deportation. Sister Patricia Fox, 71, a longtime resident of...
The Philippines has announced its best-known holiday island Boracay will be closed to tourists for six months over concerns that the once idyllic white-sand resort has become a “cesspool” tainted by dumped sewage. Philippine President Rodrigo Dutert...
“I have lived here for 51 years – and I have been trying to leave for 51 years,” says Elvira Miranda. “The government want us gone, and we also want to go. But we need somewhere to go.” Miranda, 68, has been living with her husband and children in a...