The Philippines’ largest island has become the focus of U.S. and Japanese attempts to counter China’s growing power in the South China Sea. The recently concluded Trilateral Summit of the United ...

The Defense Department on Monday announced the locations of four new naval bases in the Philippines, securing three of the spots in the northeastern part of the island to better counter Chinese ...

With its active volcanoes, its mist-wreathed villages and its cities with their colonial heritage, the island of Luzon embodies all the diversity of the Philippines. From the mountains of the north to ...

To plan the U.S. Army landing on Luzon Island on January 9, 1945, Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger, Commander, Sixth U.S. Army, required accurate intelligence on the enemy. And he had just the right group of ...

The team, made up of scientists from the United States and the Philippines, has just concluded a 15-year study on Luzon Island, during which they discovered 28 new species of mammals. The 28 new ...

MANILA, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The Philippines' disaster agency was on high alert on Saturday as an approaching tropical storm intensified into a typhoon which is expected to bring moderate to heavy ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Luzon in the Philippines on Tuesday (July 15, 2025), the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ ...

The Philippines suspended work and classes across Metro Manila and large parts of the country on Monday as Super Typhoon Ragasa moved toward northern Luzon, threatening destructive winds and heavy ...