Philippines

LONG BEACH — One of the world’s longest running humanitarian causes is celebrating half a century in style. The Special Olympics, which turns 50 this year, brought in some of their athletes, fun-loving Filipinos, elected officials and...

Rappler CEO Maria Ressa posted 60,000 P bail on Monday, to avoid a pending arrest warrant issued by a Philippine trial court. Ressa believes the charges are politically motivated to silence Rappler....Read More

For anyone traveling to Manila and looking for an easy getaway from the city, a private beach cove in Nasugbu, Batangas could be the escape for you. Let’s check it out in this week’s Travels....Read More

LOS ANGELES — A week after Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and his Chinese counterpart Ji Xingpin met Philippine activists were back on the streets. “We would like to remind the chinese government the Philippines has territorial...

NEW YORK CITY — For a quarter of a century now – the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, or OPAPP, has and continues to find ways to bring peace in Mindanao. But...

As Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte met with Chinese President Xi Jinping to announce a series of agreements, Filipinos in California hit the streets in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The memorandum of agreements between the two...

Boracay, the popular Philippine tropical destination, is once again open for business, after months of rehabilitation. Let’s find out what tourists can expect from Boracay’s eco-friendly re-opening in this week’s BA Travels....Read More

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — For more than a century, the “Bells of Balangiga” have hung at F.E. Warren Air Force Base after being taken by American soldiers during the Philippine-American War in 1901. Soon, however, as announced by...

A historic ceremony held at the F.E. Warren Air Force base in Wyoming marked the beginning of the journey of the Balangiga bells back to the Philippines....Read More

The church bells of Balangiga were taken away from a small town in eastern Samar during the Filipino-American War — a war trophy that made its way to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Following the Balangiga massacre in 1901...