A plan to enlarge a two-lane highway into six prompts skepticism among locals. Experts say highway plans would endanger Palawan’s fragile forests, coral reefs and unique species. Observers believe ...

PALAWAN, Philippines — U.S., Filipino and Australian troops dug into beach dunes and unleashed a barrage of firepower — including high-powered rockets — during Balikatan training aimed this week at ...

A Philippines ferry fire left at least five people dead and dozens missing after the MV June Aster caught fire near Coron in Palawan.

I recently spent time in the Philippines, the birthplace of my father, where the local tourism slogan proudly proclaims, “It’s more fun in the Philippines.” I can happily attest that the slogan rings ...

A nickel stockpile towers over farmer Moharen Tambiling's rice paddy in the Philippines' Palawan, evidence of a mining boom that locals hope a new moratorium will tame. "They told us before the start ...

Philippine rescuers raced on Thursday to extinguish a fire that erupted aboard a ferry near a tourist hotspot, killing at least ...

When asked to think of the perfect island paradise, the image most people will conjure up will likely have sugar-like white sand, seclusive coves nestled among towering cliffs, and water so clear you ...

MANILA, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WorldRemit, a leading digital cross-border payments business is ringing in the new year with a new remittance payout partner in the Philippines with Palawan ...

In 1987, the ferry Dona Paz sank after colliding with a fuel tanker in the central Philippines, killing more than 4,300 people in the world’s deadliest peacetime maritime disaster.

From the dramatic mountains to the moody skies to the stunning blue waters and speckled lagoons, nothing defines Palawan better than the views that surround it. The magnificent and crooked coastline, ...