Tag: Philippines

Filipinos welcome the New Year with food, fireworks, and various ways of merry-making on Jan. 1, 2023.

Rescuers were still searching for more than two dozen other people missing after heavy downpours over the Christmas weekend caused flooding

Although a total firecracker ban might look like the solution to prevent injuries, it would spell the end of the livelihood of many people

Authorities reported that one person died and three others were missing after being hit by a landslide, taking the death toll to at least 33

Authorities said the death toll due to torrential rains and floods in the Visayas and Mindanao regions has climbed to 25

Filipino Catholics are getting ready for another religious festival with the blessing of replicas of the image of the “Black Nazarene”

The flooding dampened Christmas celebrations on the mainly Catholic nation's most important holiday

In the Philippines, where over 80 percent of the population is Catholic, people spend Christmas Day with the family

“The basic message of Christmas is for us to say ‘Lord, I offer my life to you,'” Bishop David said

The defense department said it had directed the armed forces "to strengthen the country's presence in the West Philippine Sea"