Sources: AFP
A court in the Philippines dismisses the second of three drug charges against former senator Leila de Lima in connection with accusations that de Lima benefited financially from the alleged illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison. 2023-05-12
The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Rai increases to 375. At least 500 more people are injured. 2021-12-19
The Philippines reports its first two imported cases of the Omicron variant in an overseas Filipino who travelled from Japan on December 1 and a Nigerian national who arrived in the country on November 30. 2021-12-15
The World Bank states that the Philippines can end poverty in a single generation. 2015-01-15
The United Kingdom pledges US$1 billion for the Philippines to help with the reconstruction due to the destruction of Typhoon Haiyan. 2013-12-24
Reporters Without Borders releases their annual report regarding press freedom around the world with 71 journalists killed in 2013 so far. The deadliest countries are Syria, India, the Philippines, Pakistan, and Somalia while the worst jailers are China, Turkey, Eritrea, Iran, and Syria. 2013-12-19
A Canadian man shoots dead two people in a court in Cebu, Philippines, and seriously injures another. 2013-01-22
A Philippine civil defence official estimates that approximately 10,000 people in the southern Philippines have fled their homes due to fighting between Abu Sayyaf rebels and government forces. 2011-10-25
At least fourteen people die after a minibus hits a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's Herat province. 2011-08-18
The Philippine government says it will attempt to end the long-running communist insurgency "within three years", as it announces a resumption of peace talks with rebels. 2010-12-14