But having experienced nearly a half-century of violence, including decades caught up in the global “war on terror,” the southern Philippines faces an uphill climb, locals say. Resorts, restaurants ...

Brigadier General Michele Anayron is set to assume on Tuesday as the new commander of the Philippine Army 4th Infantry ...

Filipinos themselves must work doubly hard now to oust the unconstitutional presence of the US military bases and troops in the country” IN HIS inaugural ...

Tembin, with winds of up to 80km/h (50 mph), has passed across Mindanao and reached the resort islands of Palawan, and will now move further west. The Philippines suffers regularly from deadly ...

But having experienced nearly a half-century of violence, including decades caught up in the global “war on terror,” the southern Philippines ... the main island of Mindanao in what’s ...

90 percent of Philippines' population is Christian, but the country's south, including Mindanao Island, has a large number of Muslim residents. The region was once ruled by Muslims called Moro and ...

Mindanao prospered as a center of hemp ... 3,800 children of Japanese descent had been left behind in the Philippines after the war. The children faced discrimination as offspring of an enemy ...

Nearly three million people in the volatile Mindanao region of the Philippines have voted in a referendum which could see some areas given greater autonomy. They have been asked whether they back ...

After September 11, the Bush administration responded forcefully to help the Philippines combat its homegrown "terrorists" -- the Muslim separatists who have turned the island of Mindanao into a ...