Tropical Storm Koppu is on track to become a powerful and slow-moving typhoon, putting lives and property across Luzon Island of the Philippines in danger this weekend and early next week.

Passengers hurt after experiencing 10 second air drop.

Google street view takes on the Philippines. http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/09/16/google-street-view-takes-a-camera-on-a-journey-through-the-philippines/

“Tita,” my eleven-year-old niece says. “Why are you always talking about yogurt?” ... By Grace Tatalusan.

The Philippines is planning free Wi-Fi services to half of its towns and cities this year and nationwide coverage by end-2016, limiting the data revenue prospects for Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co and Globe Telecom Inc.

In May 2015, a scientific team ventured to Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park—a marine paradise within Asia’s Coral Triangle—to assess the biological status of the Philippines’ first ocean park. Over 1,000 species of animals, including many that are critically endangered, make their home in the sanctuary. It is essential habitat for the declining shark populations of Southeast Asia.

Typhoon Goni blew out of the northern Philippines on Sunday after leaving at least 15 people dead and several others missing, including a dozen miners whose work camps were buried by a huge mudslide in a mountain village, officials said.

'To light up the rest of the Philippines sustain-ably' was the vision of Filipina scientist Aisa Mijeno when she innovated the Sustainable Alternative Lighting (SALt) lamp.

MANILA -- The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Monday that a mixture of sunny and rainy weather will continue to prevail across the country. Pagasa weather forecaster Shaira Nonot said cloudy skies with light to moderate rains and isolated thunderstorms will be experienced over Mindanao and the provinces of Mindoro and Palawan due to the presence of intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ).

After a leading botanist was killed by the Philippine Army, his work lives on in the science of citizens

Artificial islands the size of about 800 football fields have been built on the West Philippine Sea in less than two years. These islands, which international observers call China’s “Great Wall of Sand”, expanded at a staggering pace after the Philippines filed an arbitration case before a United Nations court in January 2013.

The rapper, who was prevented from leaving the Philippines due to a lookout bulletin order from the DOJ, posts on Instagram from his hotel room

The singer is accused of not turning up at a scheduled concert.

A look at the beached WWII era battleship that the Philippines is using as an outpost in it's South China sea dispute.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A teenager who was kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf gunmen in March escaped her captors Monday when government troops discovered the militants' jungle hideout in the southern Philippines, the military said.

It's sunny and clear in the PH today but it looks like it might not last long

This is disheartening to read. What's worse is the people who are standing against this law proclaim empty platitudes from their lofty palaces while those who could use it the most are too busy scrambling for a living to stand up for it.

It's basically a penthouse!

The worst part is the boy who perished was initially pinned by the fallen pole but was ultimately killed by his chair collapsing and stabbing him on the torso.