(2002 pop. of Central Luzon 85.2 million). The largest island group in the Philippine archipelago, the Luzon group includes the main island of Luzon and the island provinces of Palawan, Marinduque, Oriental and Occidental Mindoro, Batanes, Cananduanes,...

Luzon (呂宋) refers to the largest and most economically and politically important island in the Philippines and one of the three island groups in the country, with Visayas and Mindanao being the other two. Luzon as an island group includes the...

The weathered, off-yellow Luzon apartment building on Pennsylvania Avenue has been vacant for more than a decade. Condominiums and a Trader Joe's grocery store have sprung up steps away in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood, but the lot at 2501 Pennsylvania Ave. NW is...

The Intrepid Guerrillas of North Luzon. By Bernard Norling. Lexington, Ky.: The University Press of Kentucky, 1999. ISBN 0-- 8131-2118-3. 304 pages. $25. The European aspect of Special Forces' World War II heritage, as represented by the activities of the Office of Strategic...

Typhoon Mitag, packing winds of 109 mph, barreled toward the northern Philippines on Saturday, prompting thousands of panicked east coast residents to evacuate. A separate typhoon meanwhile weakened to a tropical storm and veered away from Vietnam.Mitag, powering northwestward in the Philippine Sea, was forecast...