Strong domestic demand, sustained investments in social services and vital public infrastructure and modest inflation will underpin Philippine economic growth this year and next,...
Manila, Philippines—Scores of penitents whipped themselves bloody under a scorching Philippine sun while others were nailed to crosses in a polarizing Good Friday tradition drawing the most extreme of Catholic devotees.
The macabre spectacle, officially frowned on by the Church, attracts thousands of Filipinos—and a smattering of tourists—each Easter weekend to sites across Asia's only majority Catholic nation.
In Pampanga province, two hours north of Manila, 64-year-old Ruben Enaje was nailed to...