A shooting rampage that left a pregnant woman, her 3-year-old daughter, and seven others dead on Friday near the capital of the Philippines illustrates that the United States isn’t the only nation ...

Mass shootings are a result of a confluence of factors, but at the heart of the problem are guns—of which the Philippines has plenty. Firearms are sold openly in malls, and almost anyone can carry ...

MANILA, May 18 (Reuters) - The Philippines, which has more gun-related deaths than any other country in Asia relative to its size, needs tougher gun control laws as the number of illegal weapons has ...

The Philippines has vowed to give free guns to members of the public — so long as they promise to use them to fight drugs and crime. President Rodrigo Duterte said he’s considering arming 42,000 ...

Mandaluyong City, Philippines, Jul 14 (efe_epa).Mandaluyong City, Philippines, Jul 14 (efe_epa). — Thousands of Filipino gun enthusiasts made their way to a shopping mall in Metro Manila’s Mandaluyong ...

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - In the Philippines, they vote with their trigger fingers. Elections mean big business for illegal gunsmiths, who are looking forward to 2013 mid-term polls. With ...

An off-duty policeman with a .45 caliber pistol casually tucked into his trousers was the first person to be arrested in the Philippines’ new six-month ban on carrying firearms in public — a measure ...

37-year-old Jomari Paraas could pass for a typical office employee in the Philippines with his bespectacled and clean shaven mien, except he has six guns in his backpack that he will soon sell. The ...

Muslim rebels in the mainly Catholic Philippines began handing over their guns to independent foreign monitors Saturday, as part of a treaty aimed at ending a decades-long separatist insurgency that ...

China’s coast guard “looted” firearms and destroyed Philippine boats during a South China Sea clash this week, military officials said, prompting Manila to demand compensation from Beijing. “They have ...

The Philippines police will push ahead with the purchase of 26,000 assault rifles from a U.S. supplier, the police chief said Monday, following an about-face by President Rodrigo Duterte, who ...

Outspoken Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte had a blunt message for the United States after reports emerged of a potentially blocked arms sale. “They’re blackmailing me that they won’t sell ...