Sources: AFP
Four people are killed, including a village chief and a police officer, and four others are injured in a mass shooting in Santo Tomas, Isabela, Philippines. 2026-05-24
A bus falls into a ravine in Del Gallego, Camarines Sur, Philippines, killing six passengers and injuring more than 20. 2025-12-25
The Department of Health announces that the Philippines have reported their first two cases of the Omicron BA.2.75 variant in two individuals from Western Visayas. 2022-08-2
Thousands of people are evacuated from their homes in central and southern Philippines as Typhoon Rai, described as one of the strongest storms of the year, begins to make landfall in mid-eastern parts of the country, with warnings of very destructive typhoon-force winds. 2021-12-16
The government of the Philippines demands its critics to provide proof if there are human rights violations conducted during its drug war. 2016-07-9
Dozens of petty criminals and alleged drug addicts die in the Philippines within a few days after Rodrigo Duterte took the presidency. He actively encouraged extrajudicial killing of drug addicts and petty criminals before and after the election. 2016-07-5
Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines presumptive president-elect, says he will allow the immediate burial of former kleptocratic dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Heroes' Cemetery in metropolitan Manila. 2016-05-23
Typhoon Koppu (Lando) makes landfall in northern Luzon in the Philippines with forecasters warning it could stay in the area for several days. Thousands of people have been evacuated or are stranded. 2015-10-18
Two people are dead after Typhoon Noul hits the Philippines. The storm is now headed for Japan. 2015-05-11
182 inmates escape from a provincial jail in Leyte, Philippines, which was previously affected by Typhoon Haiyan, citing squalid conditions and a lack of food. 148 are recaptured hours later. 2014-01-30