Philippine soldiers evacuate stranded residents after heavy rains caused by typhoon Ketsana in Pasig, east of the Philippine capital of Manila on September 28, 2009.

MANILA, Sept. 30 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Health workers on Wednesday voiced fear over a possible outbreak of diseases in evacuation centers housing thousands of residents displaced by weekend floods in th...

MANILA (AFP) - Terrified Philippine flood survivors were told to pray on Wednesday as a typhoon threatened to bring more devastation following a killer storm that affected over 2.2 million people.Four...

The Health Department in the Philippines "warned Monday of a possible spread of infectious diseases" in the capital of Manila, which has had the largest rainfall "in nearly half a century, according t...

E-mail newsletters • A daily summary of global reports on security issues. The US has pulled out of a village near where two Navy Seabees and one Filipino marine were killed by a roadside bom...

A father carries his daughter on his back as they wade through putrid, brown flood water in suburban Pasig District in Manila. At least 246 people were killed by Ketsana on 26 September

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Two bomb attacks in one day in the southern Philippines - the first of which killed two U.S. soldiers - could signal that al-Qaida-linked militants are launching a new offen...

The National Seed Industry Council (NSIC) has approved eight PhilRice-bred varieties for commercial production. The PhilRice-bred varieties were among the 20 newly released varieties during the Counci...

The Chinese government Wednesday provided an additional 100,000 U.S. dollars as disaster relief assistance to the Philippines, battered by the tropical storm Ketsana which left 288 people dead or miss...

The Philippine Presidential Palace on Wednesday accommodated nearly 100 people displaced by tropical storm Kestana that has killed 246 people and displaced more than half a million in the Philippines....