An account of the American takeover of the Philippines, beginning with the US defeating Spain, and ending with it brutally suppressing Filipino resistance, written by Stephen Kinzer. Submitted by ...

As I was reading the final papers submitted by the students in the course I teach on world religion, I noticed a common theme when it comes to their appreciation for religion in general, and for ...

Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his family left the Philippine island of Corregidor on this day in history, March 11, 1942. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered MacArthur to leave the island after ...

This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical perspective. The article below was originally published at HNN. Just over one hundred years ...

THE history of the Philippines is not one of isolation but of deep integration into the wider maritime world of Asia. Long before Ferdinand Magellan arrived in 1521, Austronesian seafarers had already ...

“Threaded Traditions," an exhibit featuring contemporary Filpino textiles, is now on display at the Charlotte Museum of History. The Charlotte Museum of History is marking Asian American, Native ...

Jesus ‘wants us to bring to him all mankind, especially all sinners, and immerse them in the ocean of his mercy so we can really be renewed as a nation, as a country.’ The faithful take part in a ...

When veteran Broadway actor Jose Llana walked into the audition room for musician and writer David Byrne’s musical “Here Lies Love,” he declared, “I'm the blood of two major anti-Marcos activists, and ...

Kalookan Bishop Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David condemned the “worst corruption scandal in the history of Philippine governance ...