The Philippines officially launched this week its National Disaster Response Plan (NDRP) to address the growing threats of climate-related disasters, the ...

Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island continued to show increased activity after four more ash eruptions lasting 17 to 85 minutes ...

West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

Following the March 28 magnitude 7.7 earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and ...

A Philippine official says U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his first trip to the Indo-Pacific next week, for talks that will include ...

Also known as the emerald vine or turquoise jade vine, this flower was discovered in 1841 on Mount Makiling, on the Philippines’ Luzon Island. The stems of this vining flower can reach lengths ...

MANILA, March 19 (Reuters) - The Philippines is exploring the possibility of converting two islands that were once part of a U.S. navy base into a military reservation, its defence department said ...

Submarine topographic map of the Manila subduction zone. Showing the locations and depths of earthquakes with magnitudes of 5 (Mw) and above that have occurred along the Manila Trench. In order to ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte checks the scope of a Chinese-made CS/LR4A sniper rifle during the ...

For months, tensions had built between Sara Duterte, the daughter of Rodrigo Duterte, the divisive former president of the Philippines, and President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., himself ...

(Manila) – The arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his transfer to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague is a historic step toward justice, Human Rights Watch ...

Philippine former president Rodrigo Duterte sits in a chair, in a location given as Villamor Air Base, after being served an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court, in Metro Manila ...