Via Arboleda stepped back to admire the six-foot tree glittering in her living room. Though the narra trees along Manila’s sidewalks had yet to shed their leaves, she was among many Filipinos already ...

When the rest of the world is just easing into autumn, the Philippines is already bursting with Christmas spirit. For Filipinos , the holiday season doesn’t wait for December to arrive—it starts the ...

In the Christmas-mad Philippines, thousands cheer as hand-crafted lanterns towering six metres (20 feet) high light up the night sky in San Fernando, northwest of the country's capital. The dazzling ...

Two hundred meters from my home is a community of informal settlers. Their houses, mostly made of flimsy materials, stand in stark contrast to those of people who live in posh subdivisions. The ...

Ask anyone in the Philippines when they celebrate Christmas and they will tell you, “September to December”. That means, by now, one of Southeast Asia’s only Christian-majority countries should be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People shop at a market ahead of Christmas, in Manila, on December 20, 2024. - Lisa Marie David/Reuters Via Arboleda stepped back ...

In the Christmas-mad Philippines, thousands cheer as hand-crafted lanterns towering six metres (20 feet) high light up the night sky in San Fernando, northwest of the country's capital. The Barron's ...