PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (PIA) — The municipality of Cuyo in Palawan is forecasted to experience strong winds under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No.4 as typhoon Tino moves closer in the island town by Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 4, said state weather bureau.

Philippine forces trained last week to defend Balabac, a strategic island in Palawan that is set to host a new military base dedicated to South China Sea operations. Philippine Marines and Coast Guard special forces held joint maritime boarding operations in the vicinity of Balabac Island,

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PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (PIA)—The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has prepositioned about 3,244 Family Food Packs (FFP) for municipalities in Palawan that will be affected by Severe Tropical Storm Tino.

IT was that old building that caught my attention during my first visit to the island in 2011. “Culion, Palawan. Postal Code 5315.” It stood in the middle of a plaza, and I imagined how the people of this former colony once eagerly waited for letters from home to arrive.

The newly described Palawanosorex muscorum, or the Palawan moss shrew, is known to live only near the peak of Mount Mantalingajan on Palawan Island in the southern Philippines. The shrew has a stout body and broad forefeet with long claws, which it uses ...

An aerial view of Balabac Island, on the southwestern tip of Palawan Island in the Philippines. Credit: Depositphotos Subscribe for ads-free reading The Philippines has revealed the location of the four additional military facilities that will host a ...

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Washington will stand by the Philippines in the face of intimidation and coercion in the South China Sea, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Tuesday while visiting the Palawan island in the disputed ...

A team of scientists recently identified Palawanosorex muscorum, a new species of shrew known more informally as the Palawan moss shrew. This shrew, found on what Heaney calls a 'sky island,' may help explain why the Philippines is such a hotbed for ...

We describe a new species of Luperosaurus from Mt. Mantalingajan, southern Palawan Island, Philippines. The new species is distinguished from all other species of Luperosaurus by the combination of its large body size (81.3 mm for the single male specimen ...