A civilian-led convoy canceled its plans to deliver donated supplies and Christmas gifts to Philippine outposts across the South China Sea after China harassed Philippine vessels near Second Thomas ...

Counting down from September, nine days of Mass, heaps of roast pig, colorful lights and festivities all over the place — the Filipinos know how... Love The Holidays? The Philippines Celebrates 4 ...

Wherever a Filipino might be around the globe, the Philippine Christmas spirit is one aspect of culture that does not fade away. With Christmas around the corner, brightly-colored Christmas lanterns ...

For the past eight years during the festive season, Joan Encarnacion has awoken each day at 4 a.m., braving the cold, sometimes the rain, hoping that by attending nine consecutive Masses before ...

In skeletal form, they look like gargantuan honeycombs, rising 20 feet into the air. They are the largest incarnations of the Philippines’ parol, an eye-dazzling electric Christmas lantern that ...

Politics and culture share the stage in one of the Philippines' Christmas traditions — the annual University of the Philippines Christmas lantern parade. Every year, students from the university's ...

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - Thousands of survivors of super typhoon Haiyan walked in darkness towards damaged churches in central Philippines at the start of Christmas vigil dawn masses on ...

In this image made from video taken Dec. 24, 2017, people stand in the area damaged by storm Tembin in Lanao del Norte, southern Philippines. Thousands of villagers in the southern Philippines spent ...

MANILA – The death toll from Christmas day rains in southern Philippines has risen to 13, authorities said on Tuesday, with the search still on for 23 people as floods started to recede. Most of the ...