The Latest Breaking News from Philippines

It’s been more than three decades since the Philippines ordered U.S. troops to withdraw from their sprawling military bases in the country, ending an era that hearkened back to America’s colonial days.

MANILA: A provincial governor in the central Philippines and five other people were shot dead by unknown gunmen on Saturday, his widow said, in the latest attack against local officials.

Authorities scramble to contain leak from sunken tanker that was carrying about 800,000 litres of oil

After raids at the New Bilibid prison identified thousands of contraband goods, the management of the country’s prisons is in the spotlight

In the Philippines, reports of online sexual abuse of children have doubled in recent years. It's often family members facilitating the crimes.

Philippine president says country’s boundaries being called into question just weeks after public dispute with China.

The Philippine president says the main mission of his country’s military has changed to ensure the protection of its territory as disputes with China and U.S.-China rivalry intensify

Crusading pathologist Raquel Fortun finds evidence of multiple murder at the direction of ‘a madman’ in the exhumed remains of young Filipinos

Pro-democracy protesters have marked the anniversary of the 1986 “people power” revolt in the Philippines with the son of the dictator, who was ousted in that uprising, now the president in a stunning comeback

Three-cap Matilda Angie Beard says she is considering changing her international eligibility to the Philippines.

A group of European parliamentarians says the Philippines’ chances of retaining special trading incentives, including zero tariffs for a wide array of products, will be boosted if it decides to release a long-detained opposition leader and rejoin the International Criminal Court