Philippine volcano rumbles, eruption seen soon
LEGASPI, Philippines (Reuters) – The Philippines’ most active volcano shot higher ash columns and rumbled louder on Wednesday as authorities warned of a potential hazardous eruption in Mount Mayon...
View ArticleEx-policeman holds bus in Manila, 7 hostages freed
MANILA (Reuters) – A disgruntled ex-policeman armed with an automatic rifle was holding 18 people, including tourists from Hong Kong, hostage on a bus in downtown Manila on Monday, demanding his...
View ArticleEx-policeman holds bus in Manila, warns of “big deal”
MANILA (Reuters) – A disgruntled ex-policeman armed with an automatic rifle was holding 18 people, including tourists from Hong Kong, hostage on a bus in downtown Manila on Monday, demanding his...
View ArticleManila bus gunman killed, some hostages alive – TV
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine police stormed a bus on Monday on which a sacked former police officer was holding 15 Hong Kong tourists and local media reported the hostage-taker had been killed. Police...
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Lessons learned after super typhoon Megi
I didn’t really know what to expect on the eight-hour drive up to Isabela province in the northeast of Luzon island after it was hit by Megi, a super typhoon with winds in excess of 250 kph (155 mph)....
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Mud-covered devotion despite downpours
As Tropical Storm Meari dumped heavy rains on the Philippine capital Manila, causing the cancellation of domestic flights and residents to flee their houses near rivers and low-lying areas, I traveled...
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Going hungry
By Bobby Ranoco When I saw a headline in a local paper that the number of Filipino families experiencing hunger had risen from 4.3 million to 4.5 million, I called my sources in the slum district of...
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Front line female Marines
Ternate, Philippines By Romeo Ranoco Long before U.S. President Barack Obama allowed female soldiers to be deployed for combat duties, the Philippines has been doing exactly that for several years, in...
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Meet pistol-packing Judge Jimmy
Manila, Philippines By Romeo Ranoco Traditionally, Filipinos are gun lovers, particularly in the southern Philippines, where almost every household keeps a rifle or a pistol at home. I know someone who...
View ArticleSuper typhoon flattens Philippine city, killing at least 100
TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) – Possibly the strongest typhoon ever to hit land devastated the central Philippine city of Tacloban, killing at least 100 people, turning houses into rubble and...
View Article‘Massive destruction’ as typhoon flattens Philippine city, kills at least 100
TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) – One of the strongest typhoons ever to make landfall churned through the Philippine archipelago in a straight line from east to west and devastated central provinces,...
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Challenging gender roles in the Philippines
Manila, Philippines By Bobby Ranoco The Philippines economy has surged with 7%+ growth for five straight quarters but for some, jobs remain hard to come by. The answer for some people has been to look...
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Keeping the faith
Manila, Philippines By Bobby Ranoco Covering the grand procession of the Jesus of the Black Nazarene is not easy, even though I do it annually. Every year on January 9, millions of devotees crowd the...
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