A year ago, he ruled his nation, presided at the nexus of corruption, greed, vanity and perfidy that is the right of a despotic head of state. He was evicted from powerunconstitutionally he is eager ...

For a man whose presidency has stumbled on moral issues, the Philippines' Joseph Estrada found refuge in an unlikely place last month: a Roman Catholic church. The country's church hierarchy, after ...

Former Philippine President and now Mayor-elect Joseph "Erap" Estrada is congratulated by supporters shortly after his proclamation by the City Board of Canvassers of the Commission Elections Tuesday ...

A look at Joseph Ejercito Estrada, 63, president of the Philippines: —Began a career as an action film star in 1957 when he was a college student majoring in civil engineering, eventually winning five ...

Sa ikalawang gabi ng burol para kay Armida Siguion-Reyna kagabi, February 13, dagsa pa rin ang maraming kamag-anak, kakilala, at mga nakasama sa trabaho ng yumaong actress/singer/film producer upang ...

In a surprise move, Philippine President Joseph "Erap" Estrada announced yesterday that he will order all death sentences be commuted to life imprisonment and free as many as 200 political prisoners.

W. Scott Thompson directs the Southeast Asia Studies Program at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He is co-author with Nicolas Thompson of "The Baobab and the Mango Tree: ...

The Philippines’ banking sector escaped with nothing more than a black eye from the 1998 financial crisis. However the shenanigans of Joseph Erap Estrada proved more of a challenge. Estrada was the ...

VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH "ERAP" Estrada keeps his advisers busy. When he was asked on television recently how he will reduce high interest rates at banks, he answered: "I will reduce the gross tax ...