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Navotas landfill fire leaves locals gasping
by Pam Castro - May 1, 2026 - 10:22am
Filipino ferry dispatcher Dave Delos Reyes has been handing out N95 masks for nearly three weeks to protect passengers against the smoke that a landfill fire has sent billowing above a stretch of Manila Bay.
Cowgirls of Masbate rodeo tackle steers, stereotypes
by Pam Castro - April 24, 2026 - 5:23pm
Female competitors at Rodeo Masbateno are challenging perceptions in a sport long dominated by men.
Cowgirls of Philippine rodeo tackle steers, stereotypes
by Pam Castro - April 24, 2026 - 10:55am
While larger provinces boast more livestock, the Masbate rodeo — begun in 1993 in a bid to boost tourism — has become synonymous with the island known as Philippine cattle country.
Cash handouts, fare hikes as Philippines battles soaring fuel costs
by Pam Castro - March 17, 2026 - 2:45pm
Hundreds of Philippine tricycle drivers lined up Tuesday in Manila for cash handouts they hope will provide temporary relief from a war-driven surge in fuel prices that has left the country scrambling for short-term...
Some Filipinas seek abortions online in largely Catholic nation
by Pam Castro - March 17, 2026 - 8:04am
Jane had been bleeding heavily for days before finally seeking help, not from a hospital but from the man who sold her the pills meant to end her six-week pregnancy.
Fear, boredom for Filipino sailors stuck in Hormuz strait
by Pam Castro - March 12, 2026 - 11:05am
Filipino sailor George Miranda was racing to help a stricken vessel aboard the tugboat Mussafah 2 when he last spoke to his wife and young daughter.
Families of Duterte's drug war victims eye ICC hearing with hope
by Pam Castro - February 21, 2026 - 2:28pm
Mary Ann Pajo watched quietly as cemetery workers opened her son's tomb in Manila this week and removed his body for examination by a forensic pathologist.
Ferry survivor describes scenes of panic, wait for rescue
by Pam Castro - January 27, 2026 - 8:27am
As their ferry began listing heavily in the middle of the night off the southern Philippines, passengers instinctively raced to one side in a desperate bid to rebalance the doomed vessel.
'Racing against time': Death toll rises after Cebu trash site collapse
by Pam Castro - January 11, 2026 - 9:27am
Hard hat-wearing rescue workers and backhoes dug through rubble in search of survivors on Saturday in the shadow of a mountain of garbage that buried dozens of landfill employees in the central Philippines, killing...
How a board game is teaching Filipinos to survive disasters
by Pam Castro - January 2, 2026 - 8:29am
With disaster drills uncommon, a board game is teaching young Filipinos how to respond to typhoons, earthquakes, and floods.
Thousands protest against flood control fraud
by Pam Castro - November 30, 2025 - 2:41pm
Thousands massed in Manila on Sunday demanding accountability over a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure scandal that has seen scores of officials, lawmakers and construction firm owners accused of corrupt...
Philippines evacuates one million, woman dead as 'Uwan' hits
by Pam Castro - November 9, 2025 - 7:12pm
More than a million people have been evacuated and at least one person killed as floodwaters rose in the Philippines on Sunday before Super Typhoon Uwan's (international name: Fung-Wong) expected landfall...
Impoverished Filipinos forge a life among the tombstones
by Pam Castro - November 1, 2025 - 9:13am
In teeming Manila, where poverty runs deep and millions lack adequate shelter, some of the living have found refuge among the dead.
Against the tide: Filipinos battle rising sea on sinking island
by Pam Castro - September 12, 2025 - 7:00am
On the Philippine island of Pugad, street food vendor Maria Tamayo wakes before her grandchildren to begin the backbreaking work of removing seawater from her home scoop by scoop with a plastic dustpan.
Online cockfighting thrives in Philippines despite ban, murders
by Pam Castro - August 16, 2025 - 2:03pm
Divers have spent more than a month searching a lake south of Manila for the bodies of men with links to the Philippines' bloody national obsession: cockfighting.
'Food on table' outweighs health risks for Philippine e-waste dismantlers
by Pam Castro - July 29, 2025 - 10:55am
Dexter Barsigan has spent the past 13 years making a living with his bare hands and a pair of pliers, stripping scrapped laptops and air conditioners for metal he can sell to junk shops in the Philippines.
Even in a draw, Pacquiao delivers for fans back home
by Pam Castro - July 21, 2025 - 7:13am
The crowd inside the Manila college gym on Sunday roared with every flurry that Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao landed in Las Vegas, then groaned collectively when a draw was announced at the end of 12 hard-fought...
'I thought I was going to die': Filipino sailor recounts Huthi attack in Red Sea
by Pam Castro - July 19, 2025 - 3:51pm
Filipino seafarer Cocoy was off-duty and resting in his cabin when the captain's voice boomed over the intercom of the cargo ship: "We are under attack".
'No one can stop' Sara Duterte's impeachment trial — House prosecutors
by Pam Castro - June 12, 2025 - 8:50am
House of Representatives prosecutors said Wednesday that Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial could not be stopped despite the Senate sending the case back to them hours after convening...
Election result could tip scales for Sara Duterte
by Pam Castro - May 14, 2025 - 8:30am
As results were still being tallied in Monday's midterm elections, impeached Vice President Sara Duterte released a statement just before midnight telling supporters the outcome was "not what we had hoped...
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