At least 88 people are dead and/or missing. The country has tried to upgrade its disaster-response capability in recent years but is regularly stretched by such catastrophes.
The US decision to station forces in thePhilippinescould have dangerous repercussions. Beijing may enact economic sanctions after Manila invited in US troops in response to an escalating territorial dispute over the South...
(New York)–PhilippinePresident Benigno Aquino III should order the armed forces to cooperate with civilian authorities in arresting retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan and others charged with the enforced disappearance of...
[JURIST]PhilippinePresident Benigno Aquino [BBC profile] called for public support Thursday to encourage impeachment proceedings againstPhilippineChief Justice Renato Corona [official profile]. Aquino warned that the...