Philippines

A large volcano eruption in the Philippines sent a plume of ash and gases up to 1.8 miles high following a powerful blast that sent villagers fleeing to emergency shelters.

The number of dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides in the Philippines has reached nearly 130 and the president says many areas remain isolated.

The Philippine police said Friday it has launched a search after gunmen reportedly abducted an American national, who was shot in the leg as he tried to resist before being spirited away from a southern Philippine coastal town by speedboat.

Officials say a storm has unleashed pounding rains that set off landslides and flooded northern Philippine areas overnight into Monday, leaving at least 14 people dead.

The Philippine Cultural Committee will host Vallejo Pista Sa Nayon, the annual festival celebration of Filipino heritage and history at Mare Island Coal Sheds. This year’s theme is “Weaving Generations of Filipino Culture and Traditions,” and the celebration will feature Pista’s first-ever Filipino fashion show. Gracing Pista’s catwalk is Narda’s Handwoven Arts & Crafts, which has previously been featured...

Philippine officials say at least 16 people have been killed and 12 others injured when a passenger bus lost control while negotiating a downhill road curve in a central mountain village and plunged into a deep ravine.

The suspected bomb, which the police said was made from a mortar round, went off and hit students and teachers who attended a Mass in a university gymnasium.

Bay Area’s Filipino community members say they are worried about their loved ones in the Philippines after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the area on Saturday.

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday off the coast of a southern Philippines island. Marianne Favro reports.

Ginger Conejero Saab on Friday spoke one-on-one with Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez from the APEC summit in San Francisco.

A radio anchor was fatally shot by a man inside his southern Philippine station Sunday in a brazen attack that was witnessed by people watching the program live on Facebook.

The United States has renewed a warning that it would defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack after Chinese ships blocked and collided with two Filipino vessels in the South China Sea.

The ferry was supposed to carry a maximum of 42 passengers and crewmembers but was overloaded

Sarina Bolden’s 24th-minute header vs. New Zealand on Monday gave the Philippines its first ever goal in a Women’s World Cup tournament.