The ongoing standoff between the Philippines and China raises troubling questions about the response to Chinese territorial assertiveness in the South China Sea. The ongoing naval standoff between ...

TACLOBAN, Philippines -- The teenager with unruly hair in a ponytail wipes tears from her eyes as she holds her feverish 3-year-old brother, who clings to her and lets out a sob. They have been ...

Joshua Villanueva, 13, stands in Basey on Oct. 14, 2014, on the spot where his house stood before it was destroyed a year ago by Typhoon Haiyan. Joshua, who now lives with his grandparents and a ...

Children will soon benefit from the efforts of workers of all ages who packaged 20,500 meals April 2 at New Day Christian Church to send to an orphanage in the Philippines. Members of the congregation ...

To the editor: Kudos to The Times for covering the horror of the Philippines’ 1.8 million abandoned children, many of whom live in squalid and unsafe conditions, hoping one day to have the families ...

MANILA — The Manila North Cemetery, where Michelle Sambalilo was abandoned as a young child, is a sprawling, trash-strewn squatter camp where thousands of people eat, sleep and play among acres of ...

PALO, Philippines (Reuters) - Officials at an orphanage in the Philippines say they feel blessed that not one child was harmed by one of the biggest typhoons the world has known, even though it ...

A group of children whose parents died in the Philippine government's war against drugs gathered for a "spiritual retreat" recently in an attempt to overcome trauma. "The purpose was to expose [the ...

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