New resorts, restaurants and markets have opened across the islands of Tawi-Tawi, Jolo and Basilan, which sit west of the main island of Mindanao in what’s called the Sulu Archipelago.

The same is happening in the Visayas, the Sulu archipelago, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, parts of Bukidnon and Davao del Norte.—LDF, GMA Integrated News ...

TAWI-TAWI, Philippines — As rebrands go, the southern islands of the Philippines face what has to be among the toughest challenges. For a long time, these jungled islands were known as sites of ...