Philippines

This year's Pride march in Manila was the latest battle in a long struggle for LGBT rights in the Philippines.

The Philippines has decided to reinstate its Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States, an about-face from President Duterte's plans in February to cancel the pact.

Frontline medical workers in the Philippines have braved extraordinary danger. 35 have lost their lives, but their contributions have not been forgotten.

Philippines' ABS-CBN Corp., which frequently criticized President Rodrigo Duterte, was ordered to stop operating because its license expired; critics call the move an assault on press freedom.

The Philippine government, resort chains, and travel influencers are each trying to keep the country's tourism industry afloat while planning its post-pandemic recovery.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is taking advantage of his emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic while the elites benefit. But Filipino activist groups do not remain silent.

The Philippine capital and its core suburbs will ban people from coming or going through April 14 to contain spread of the coronavirus.

Philippines is the world's third largest source of ocean plastics. How can it reduce plastic waste nationwide?

The role of the military on the strife-torn Philippine island isn’t about to change – and will continue to ensnare legal activists.

The Philipipnes' tourism sector would take a hit, but a visa rule for Americans would ease tension over a criminal case in Manila.

In the Philippines, the penalties for pangolin trafficking are not severe enough to deter poachers from making profits.

The philippine government has suspended 55 indigenous schools, accusing them of teaching the children to rebel against authorities.

Poverty does not stop protesters from expressing their anger against President Rodrigo Duterte.

Chinese workers have flooded the Philippines, further disrupting local employment.

Officials in the Philippines initially came on strong demanding China be sanctioned for an incident at Recto Bank, while Duterte kept his lips sealed. Days later Duterte finally dismissed the whole thing as 'a little maritime accident' and the administration fell in line, much to the ire of citizens. But — asks Michael Beltran — who is pulling whose strings here?

'They wanted me to go through being arrested,' Ressa says. 'They wanted me to feel their power.'

Rodrigo Duterte, known for making statements that demean women, has now admitted to sexually assaulting a woman himself.

Rodrigo Duterte seems all too happy to sell Philippine territory to the highest bidder.