Sources: AFP
Seven people are killed in a mass stabbing when a man enters a bakery and attacks sleeping employees in Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines. 2025-04-22
Six fishermen are killed and one is critically injured after a boat's engine exploded and caught the wooden hull on fire off the coast of Naga in the Philippines. 2024-06-6
Nine Dawlah Islamiyah militants are killed while four soldiers are injured during a shootout in the village of Taporug near Piagapo town in Lanao del Sur, Philippines. Two of the killed were suspected of being involved in the December 2023 Mindanao bombing; six other militants are on the run. 2024-01-25
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits Luzon, Philippines, killing four people and injuring over 100 others. 2022-07-27
The Philippines confirms 18 new cases of the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 first detected in the United Kingdom. 2021-02-21
The Taal Volcano in southern Luzon, Philippines, spews an ash plume that measures approximately 10 to km. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology designates a "level 4" alert level, indicating "an imminent hazardous eruption". 2020-01-12
Iris Mittenaere, winner of Miss France 2016, is crowned as the winner of Miss Universe 2016 at a ceremony in the Philippines. 2017-01-30
The Permanent Court of Arbitration rules in favor of the Philippines against China over territorial disputes in the South China Sea. 2016-07-12
A man with a grenade attacks a school in Cotabato City, Mindanao, Philippines, injuring more than 24 people. 2014-01-13
Heavy rain and landslides kill 20 people in the southeastern Philippines, mostly in the Mindanao provinces of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley. Another 13 are missing. [http:--www.startribune.com-world-239895071.html ("Minneapolis Star Tribune")]date=April 2020 2014-01-13