MANILA—Turning 100 is a momentous achievement, a testament to a life well lived. The Philippines formally recognizes this remarkable milestone through Republic Act No. 10868 (the Centenarians Act of ...

Box jellyfishes, known for their distinctive box-like appearance and their potent venom, can cause severe stings and fatalities. Many coastal communities in the Philippines are aware of the dangers ...

WASHINGTON—Drug Enforcement Administration agents touting immigration arrests, IRS agents poring over documents, the military escorting deportation flights. As the Trump administration works on the ...

Six young people who lived with deep faith and committed their lives to the Church that Jesus founded are on their way to being proclaimed saints, with most of them currently on the path to ...

Beautiful Gubat Bay in Gubat, Sorsogon has been slowly building a reputation as “the only beginner friendly surfing spot” in the province of Sorsogon. It’s sand bottom beach produces two to five feet ...

As the Philippines marked the 27th anniversary of Republic Act 8550, or the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998, on February 17, 1998, municipal fishers are in a quandary about their future with the ...

On any given day, barring only extreme weather conditions, hundreds of visitors venture into this water wonderland to watch spectacular shows. In this place, where the dense Ilanin Forest West meets ...

Climate change is accelerating the melting of the world’s mountain glaciers, according to a massive new study that found them shrinking more than twice as fast as in the early 2000s. The world’s ...

ROME—The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like his death. “A pope dies, they make another,” goes one, suggesting how ...

The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) and the Conservation International Philippines (CIP) have forged a partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at ...

The government’s cultural agency has added three Spanish-era churches in Rizal province to its list of national cultural treasures (NCTs). The new NCTs are Sta. Ursula Parish Church in Binangonan, ...

Days before the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainians are as somber and tense as they were right before Moscow launched the war. Only now, they aren’t just worried about their ...