Poor construction, corruption and 'ghost' flood control projects plague disaster mitigation efforts in the Philippines.

The damage from a deadly earthquake and two typhoons recently has led analysts to compare it with the flood-control scandal.

MANILA, Philippines -- Massive corruption surrounding the anomalous flood control projects could affect the country’s credit ...

Typhoon Matmo struck northern Philippines, three days after 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit central part of the Asian nation and ...

Living in the riverside village of Sipat, Josephine Dela Cruz watches the soil erode with every storm, haunted by the fear ...

Dazed survivors of a pair of major earthquakes in the southern Philippines awoke on Saturday to scenes of devastation, after ...

To give a quick story as to how great my dad truly was, we grew up dirt poor, but my freshman year of high school, I wanted ...

The current political upheavals in three Asian countries cannot be compared to the military mayhem in Gaza and Ukraine, but do present a common thread of the peoples' outrages against corruption and ...

The strongest storm of the year so far has descended on the northern Philippines with destructive winds and torrential rain, prompting evacuations of thousands of people and preparations in nearby ...

The Luneta protest is organized by students and activists, while the People Power Monument rally is organized by Catholic and Protestant leaders ...

Local artists from different fields here have been continuously battling for funding and marketing of their crafts.