Meet Whang Od. She lives in the Philippines and is the last master of the art of traditional, hand-tapped Filipino tattoos.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has raised questions about his health when he said in a public address that he had gone to a hospital for tests, one day after he missed a cabinet meeting and another event. Duterte has disappeared from public view before. He was not seen for a week last year, fuelling speculation he was ill. The government insisted then the speculation was baseless.

Turning up his war of words with the Catholic Church, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte now wants citizens to ditch mass, calling the church’s teachings out of touch and its bishops corrupt. “You build a chapel on your own house and pray there. You don’t have to go to church to pay for these idiots,” Duterte said in a speech reported by ABS-CBN, the largest media conglomerate in the Philippines.

Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte has called on the Catholic Church to allow priests to have boyfriends. In a shocking speech given at a groundbreaking ceremony for a school near the capital Manila on Friday Duterte claimed 'most priests are gay' as he doubled down on a previous claim that 'almost 90 per cent' of the clergy are homosexuals. 'Only I can say bishops are sons of b*****s, damn you. That is true. Most of them are gay,' he said.

Law enforcement in Davao City familiar with the IBM program said the technology had assisted them in carrying out Duterte’s controversial anti-crime agenda. By George Joseph.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said he would “really kill” child molesting priests, in his latest broadside against the Catholic Church. Speaking on Sunday at a campaign rally in Cagayan de Oro City, Duterte said it would be “a better world” if all molesting priests were “killed tonight.” Duterte has been at odds with the country’s Catholic Church since before he took office in 2016.

A small-business owner on an island in the Philippines has become a local hero for pushing back at the growing number of international travelers who introduce themselves as “influencers” as a way to get free food, drinks and lodging. He made his stand on Siargao, a tear-drop-shaped island long popular with surfers. In recent years it has also drawn a large number of travelers who believe that their vacations should be free so long as they make Instagram stories, according to several local business owners.

Homo luzonensis fossils found in Luzon island cave, dating back up to 67,000 years

An international team of researchers have uncovered the remains of a new species of human in the Philippines, proving the region played a key role in hominin evolutionary history. The new species, Homo luzonensis is named after Luzon Island, where the more than 50,000 year old fossils were found during excavations at Callao Cave. Co-author and a lead member of the team, Professor Philip Piper from The Australian National University (ANU) says the findings represent a major breakthrough in our understanding of human evolution across Southeast Asia.

President Rodrigo Duterte has called on different countries to have a “collective action” on climate change amid the concerning impacts of weather disturbances on developing countries. During the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in China, Duterte thanked countries that helped the Philippines in times of calamities and called for a more “proactive measures” on climate change.

A shipment of illegal garbage that ended up in the Philippines nearly six years ago will be returned to Canada by the end of June 2019.

Philippines bill would mandate students plant at least 10 trees each before graduating

It's about time.

It was once a shoreline buried by enough trash to render it invisible, warranting the unfortunate nickname “toilet bowl”. Now the Philippines' Manila Bay beach is unrecognisably clean compared with a few months ago, a transformation so sudden and extreme that it brought tears to the eyes of residents.

Once known as a call-center hub, the Philippines is now a clearinghouse for social media deception. And it’s going global.    

Philippines is one of the most deforested areas among other counties around the globe. The total forest area of the Philippines has decreased from 70 % to 20% in few years which has led to many problems such as floods and landslides. The Philippine law parliament is now concerned about its environment has decided to pass a law that states that students in order to graduate have to plant more than 10 trees while in college.

Pacquiao earned over $150 million for his highly-anticipated 2015 ‘Fight of the Century’ against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Manny Pacquiao said he's "not afraid to die" to help Filipinos during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Manila Bulletin.Pacquiao entered politics in 2010, when he was elected to the Philippines' House of Representatives to represent the province of Sarangani. In 2016, he was elected to serve a six-year term as a senator.

The species has eluded scientists for 130 years, and this is the first time these photos are being published for Filipinos to see.

It’s not surprising that George Floyd reminds many Filipinos of Kian delos Santos. It’s not surprising that the gruesome death of the 46-year-old African American in Minneapolis reminds us