The Philippines is under high alert as Typhoon Fung-Wong is forecast to strengthen and make landfall on Luzon as soon as Sunday evening.

MANILA, Philippines -- Police arrested at least three vocal critics of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and raided a newspaper Saturday following her declaration of a state of emergency to quash a coup plot. Arroyo set off an uproar with her decree Friday ...

MANILA, Sept 4 (Reuters) - These are the leading stories in Manila newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories. - Two reformist provincial governors -- Ed Panlilio of Pampanga and Grace Padaca of Isabela -- have withdrawn plans to contest ...

Although the U.S. has poured some $2 billion into the Philippines since 1945, the new republic is on the verge of bankruptcy. In Washington last February, the Philippines’ President Elpidio Quirino had talked over his troubles with President Truman ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Chinese Embassy in Manila rebuked on Thursday, September 11, an opinion piece by Taiwan’s foreign minister published in several Philippine newspapers, signaling dismay that local media had given a platform to what it says are ...

MANILA, Aug 27 (Reuters) - These are the leading stories in Manila newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories. - Sulpicio Lines Inc, is administratively liable for the sinking of Princess of the Stars on June 21 and should lose its ...