The festival, which takes place between mid-August and mid-September, is a celebration of the Philippines’ pre-colonial identity and culture. For an entire month in the middle of summer, the ...

The pre-colonial period offers some clues to what might be considered an indigenous Filipino style. The traditional "bahay kubo," for instance, is a vernacular architectural form that has become ...

Hollywood actor Danny Trejo has been cast for the role of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in '1521', an upcoming historical epic that charts the pre-colonial era of the Philippines ...

Trade and cultural exchanges between the Philippines and Japan have a rich history that dates back to the pre-colonial period. Historical records reveal that Japanese merchants traded goods such as ...

Shaped like an irregular pentagon, the Historic Center of Manila, known since the late 19th Century as Intramuros, is a 0.67 square kilometer area tied to and woven with the country’s historical ...

Decades after independence, the Philippines lacks the kind of factory economy that has lifted up other Asian nations, tying millions to farm work. Plantation workers picking pineapples.Credit ...