Philippines gymnast Carlos E. Yulo didn’t just win a gold medal at this summer’s Olympic Games — he’s also won a fully furnished two-bedroom apartment. The 24-year-old gymnast made history as the ...

A court in the Philippines has sentenced a Chinese woman – who became a local mayor while masquerading as a Philippine citizen – and seven others to life in prison on human trafficking charges, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alice Guo, also known as Chinese national Guo Hua Ping, a fugitive former mayor of Bamban, Tarlac province attends a Senate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kidnapped American missionaries Martin, center, and Gracia Burnham, right, who were kidnapped from a Philippines resort eight ...

MANILA — Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed, in a ...

Fishermen fear that they will now be forced to compete with large vessels on municipal waters, a 15-km (9-mile) stretch of water off the coasts of cities. Rommel Escarial (37), who has been fishing ...

MANILA — A Philippine court has convicted and sentenced to life 17 Islamic militants for kidnapping for ransom 21 people, including European tourists and Asian workers, from a dive resort in Malaysia ...