People participate in the Philippine Independence Day parade in New York on June 2. Independence Day in the Philippines is observed annually on June 12, commemorating the country’s independence from ...

THIS year's Philippine Independence Day celebration focuses on the freedom that Filipino forebears struggled for in honor of the future they envisioned for the country and the historical retrospective ...

In the Philippines — where Spanish and later U.S. colonial rule persisted for nearly four centuries — June 12 is the real Independence Day. That date in 1898 was the pivotal moment when the island ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. In the Philippines — where Spanish and later ...