As Jeff Masters blogged today Super Typhoon Haiyan (or Yolanda as it was named in the Philippines) was the most powerful typhoon on record to strike the nation and one of the, if not the, strongest ...

An account of the American takeover of the Philippines, beginning with the US defeating Spain, and ending with it brutally suppressing Filipino resistance, written by Stephen Kinzer. Submitted by ...

MANILA, Philippines — When Pope Francis visited the Philippines in 2015, he was greeted with the adulation you would expect in what is one of the world’s most distinctively and devoutly Catholic ...

As I was reading the final papers submitted by the students in the course I teach on world religion, I noticed a common theme when it comes to their appreciation for religion in general, and for ...

“Threaded Traditions," an exhibit featuring contemporary Filpino textiles, is now on display at the Charlotte Museum of History. The Charlotte Museum of History is marking Asian American, Native ...

MANILA, Philippines — A YouTube channel dedicated to the preservation of the oral history of Filipino visual art was launched at the National Museum. The title of the event, “The Lost Conversations,” ...

In 1986 a popular uprising ended the rule of Ferdinand Marcos, who had been dictator of the Philippines since declaring Martial Law in 1972 (officially lifted in 1981). The final years of Marcos' rule ...