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The death toll from Tropical Storm Trami's landfall in central and northern Philippines increases to 76 people, with more than 320,000 people evacuated.
2024-10-25

A court in Angeles, Philippines, convicts a police officer and an official of the National Bureau of Investigation in connection with the kidnapping and murder of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-Joo in 2016. However, the alleged mastermind of the plot is acquitted.
2023-06-6

The Sandiganbayan, the Philippines' anti-graft court, orders Royal Traders Holding Co. Inc., a bank formerly controlled by the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, to pay the Philippine government an estimated PHP1 billion ($32.446 million) in bank certificates that were confiscated by the United States Customs Service after Marcos was deposed in 1986.
2021-09-29

A Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter of the Philippine Air Force crashes in the Pantaron Mountain Range in Bukidnon, Philippines, killing all seven personnel onboard.
2021-01-17

More than 400 people are evacuated from their homes in Iloilo City in the Philippines after an explosion on a power barge caused an oil spill.
2020-07-6

A suspected improvised explosive device planted by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters explodes at a town festival in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines, killing two people and injuring 35 others.
2018-08-28

The Supreme Court of the Philippines votes 8–6 to grant the quo warranto petition by the Solicitor General against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, removing her from office for violating requirements on the Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth.
2018-05-11

The Congress of the Philippines proclaims Rodrigo Duterte and Leni Robredo as President-elect and Vice President-elect of the Philippines, respectively. [http:--cnnphilippines.com-news-2016-05-30-congress-proclamation-president-rodrigo-duterte-vice-president-leni-robredo.html (CNN Philippines)] [http:--www.theolympian.com-news-nation-world-article80743862.html (AP via "The Olympian")]date=August 2019
2016-05-30

A search and rescue operation gets underway after a Roll-on-roll-off ferry carrying about 60 people capsizes off the island of Burias in the Philippines Masbate province. So far 34 people have been rescued and at least one death confirmed.
2013-06-14

Former Philippines Cabinet Secretary Angelo Reyes dies following an apparent suicide attempt possibly prompted by a scandal over alleged military corruption.
2011-02-8