Duterte

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte imposed a halt on domestic land, sea and air travel to and from Metro Manila, beginning March 15, to combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The chief executive on Thursday raised...

The Philippines reported the first Filipino national to die of COVID 19 infection. The country’s health department says the patient was a 67-year-old Filipino woman confined at Manila Doctors’ hospital. The agency confirms she got the...

President Rodrigo Duterte defended his decision to terminate the Philippines’ Visiting Forces Agreement with the U.S. Speaking in Malacanang on Wednesday, Duterte said he cannot tolerate how his administration was portrayed by Washington as being incapable...

Christopher Sorio still vividly remembers the dark days of martial law. He was arrested by the military in the early 80’s, along with then ranking national democratic front leader Horacio ‘Boy’ Morales and father Edicio Dela...

CALIFORNIA — Loyal subscribers and fans of ABS-CBN’s The Filipino Channel in the U.S. are just some of the many who are shocked by the news of the network’s franchise being in peril. ABS-CBN was the...

For years, a number of Filipino American activists have blamed the presence of US military troops in the Philippines for various human rights violations as well as several high profile cases of crimes committed by US...

Philippine senators on Monday night rushed their adoption of Resolution 312, which appeals to President Rodrigo Duterte to reconsider his plan to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement, while the Senate thoroughly reviews the VFA’s impact on...

NEW YORK — Philippine ambassador to the U.S. Jose Manuel Romualdez assured Filipino-Americans at a general assembly held at the Philippine Consulate in New York over the weekend that the Philippine-U.S. relations remain strong. “The close relationship...

Sundance features film following Maria Ressa’s fight for truth and democracy By Jared Bray, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau SALT LAKE CITY — A film that follows a Philippine journalist’s fight for press freedom premiered at...

Democratic Senators Ed Marky, Dick Durbin, Chris Coons together with republican Senators Marco Rubio and Marsha Blackburn released a joint bi-partisan statement after the passage of the now controversial resolution 142. The main sponsor of the...