As Jeff Masters blogged today Super Typhoon Haiyan (or Yolanda as it was named in the Philippines) was the most powerful typhoon on record to strike the nation and one of the, if not the, strongest ...

The numbers — 70,000 detained, 35,000 tortured, 3,200 killed — represent the victims of President Ferdinand E. Marcos’ era of martial law, from 1972 to 1986. They mark one of the darkest periods in ...

Activists are keen to push back against propaganda that has portrayed the late dictator’s reign as a “golden era.” Activists Joel Lamangan, second from left, and Edre Olalia, second from right, hold ...

THE Philippines is the third largest English speaking country in the world. It has a rich history combining Asian, European, and American influences. Prior to Spanish colonization in 1521, the ...

Uncovering the rich tapestry of arts, traditions, and culinary heritage across the Philippine archipelago. In the quiet of dawn, the first light diffuses through Basilica Minore del Santo Niño’s ...

THE Philippines is one of Asia’s two archipelagic states (Indonesia is the other), comprising more than 7,000 islands dividing the Pacific Ocean from the South China Sea. Those islands are divided ...

Analyn Salvador-Amores, professor of anthropology at the University of the Philippines Baguio, may not fit the image of the swashbuckling anthropologist Indiana Jones, but her work is real, not reel.