President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed confidence that the country's longtime ally, the United States, will defend the Philippines should it encounter ...

MANILA, Philippines — Rains are expected to prevail over parts of the country on Independence Day, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration ...

July 4, 1946The United States grants independence to the Philippines, a predominantly Roman Catholic country with a minority of several million Muslims concentrated on smaller southern islands.

HEADED the Philippine revolutionary government that, in May and June 1898, defeated Spanish forces in Manila and other parts of Luzon and the Visayas. On June 12, 1898, he proclaimed Independence from ...