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Cardinal who embraced Philippines’ gay Catholics could be the Francis continuity candidate for pope
On a balmy night outside Manila’s Baclaran church, Gerald Concepcion, 32, and his fellow devotees were decorating a float of ...
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US hikes funding for Subic-Clark-Manila-Batangas railway study
The United States (US) has increased its funding for the pre-feasibility study of the Subic-Clark-Manila-Batangas (SCMB) ...
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Philippine bishops defend frontrunners over sex abuse claims ahead of conclave to elect new pope
The Philippines’ governing body of Catholic bishops has issued a rare statement on clerical sexual abuse, defending Cardinal ...
Philippines signs military pact with New Zealand to widen alliances while facing an assertive China
The Philippines has signed a military pact with New Zealand, allowing their forces to hold joint exercises as Manila ...
10 killed in Philippines after passenger bus slams into vehicles at a toll booth
A speeding passenger bus slammed into a row of vehicles lined up at a highway toll booth Thursday in the northern Philippines ...
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MOA: The Philippines’ first true experience-centered city
How SMDC is building within Metro Manila’s most connected commercial and lifestyle district Historically, cities have been ...
China and Philippines unfurl competing flags on disputed South China Sea sandbars, reviving tensions
China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing ...
Vehicle crashes into entrance at Manila airport, killing 2 people including a young girl
A vehicle crashed into an entrance at Manila’s airport on Sunday morning, leaving two people dead including a 4-year-old girl ...
Crocodile attacks tourist in Philippines zoo after he mistakes it for a statue
A 29-year-old man was attacked by a crocodile at a zoo in the Philippines after climbing into its enclosure to take photos.