Millions of people in the Philippines won’t be celebrating Easter as normal this year after the majority Catholic country imposed a strict lockdown in the capital and nearby provinces.

A lockdown in several provinces of the Philippines including its capital, Manila, was extended by one week on Monday as officials grapple with a surge of cases blamed on new variants of COVID-19.

The Philippine health department says lockdowns will not prevent the spread of mpox, dismissing claims of looming restrictions after several towns reported cases of the viral disease. Online graphics ...

The Philippines announced on Tuesday that it was expanding a lockdown for unvaccinated people around the capital, Manila, after recording a spike in Covid-19 cases after the holidays.

MANILA (Reuters) – Catholic priest Eduardo “Ponpon” Vasquez has worn a hazmat suit more than a vestment this past month. His parish in the populous Caloocan area of the Philippine capital ...

The death of a single mother in the Philippines who died after trying to get a bus home during the country’s coronavirus lockdown has led to widespread anger online, and prompted the government ...

With regular travel disrupted, Davin Bennett, a 34-year-old Jamaican missionary pilot, uses a small plane to ferry patients in need of medical care across the northern Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines -- Commuter trains, ... Tuesday and police were again staffing checkpoints to restrict public travel as surging virus cases forced another lockdown. ...

Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines stood triumphantly atop the Olympic podium in Tokyo, having won the gold medal in the 55-kilogram category of women's weightlifting. Leading up to that moment — a ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government extended a lockdown by another week Monday after an alarming spike in coronavirus infections continued to surge and started to overwhelm many ...

Millions of people in the Philippines won’t be celebrating Easter as normal this year after the majority Catholic country imposed a strict lockdown in the capital and nearby provinces.