The poor come to him for food and support. The rich befriend him and aid his political ambitions. Businessmen want to cash in on his fame. Oh, and a few guys want to beat him up. Think it's easy being ...

Decades after WWII, many Filipinos continue to be haunted by the myth of the spoils of war that General Yamashita is supposed to have buried in tunnels. Some even lose their life in the hunt for the ...

MANILA, Philippines – A 300-year-old pulpit, considered a national cultural treasure in the Philippines, collapsed in a church south of Manila two weeks before Christmas. It was a reminder of the ...

Many believe that enormous quantities of gold lie buried somewhere in the Philippines. According to a popular account, Japanese soldiers used the Philippines as a base to hide treasures they had ...

President Joseph Estrada was livid. His recently appointed chairman of the Presidential Commission for Good Government had trumpeted the news all over the nation: “The president has ordered the ...

Cebu (Philippines) (AFP) - Devotees wept after a deadly earthquake Tuesday rocked the birthplace of Catholicism in the Philippines, badly damaging the country's oldest church and leaving other ...

The late Philippine strongman Ferdinand Marcos so skillfully squirreled away billions in national wealth that, even 26 years after his ouster, those pursuing recovery of the ill-gotten bounty have ...

This Sunday kicks off a new season of Forbidden History on Science Channel. The series travels the world and brings back — via compelling stories and new research — the most debated, unknown, and ...

The most sought-after pageant crown will be on the head of the lady who is destined to wear it. All the gorgeous, courageous and confident representatives of the participating countries have prepared ...

From coral reefs to sunken artifacts, from speargun to shellfish, we documented life on the ocean in a remote part of the Philippines. Treasure hunting and spearfishing were our daily routine. How the ...

Representative of the iron will of a people found in every corner of the world, an oil painting of a 16-year-old elitista provincial lass is now on display at the Louvre Abu Dhabi. This is the 185X87 ...