MANILA (Reuters) -Former Philippines President Benigno Aquino, the son of two of the Southeast Asian country's democracy icons, died in a Manila hospital on Thursday of renal failure as a result of ...

MANILA, Philippines— Four members of the new minority bloc in the Senate have been stripped of committee chairmanships, a ...

A scion of the country’s most prominent pro-democracy political family, he was celebrated early in his administration for stabilizing the country’s faltering economy. By Seth Mydans and Russell ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Aquino family, their friends, and supporters commemorated the fourth death anniversary of former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III on Tuesday, June 24, urging Filipinos ...

MANILA, Philippines — Allies, political opponents and critics of former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III all praised him for leading the country as a statesman with integrity, humility and ...

MANILA, Philippines -- Former president Corazon Aquino, who swept away a dictator with a "people power" revolt and then sustained democracy by fighting off seven coup attempts in six years, died on ...

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang has no plans at the moment to give workers and students a long weekend. In a press briefing on Wednesday, Palace press officer Undersecretary Claire Castro said the ...