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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
Former Philippine First Lady and Ilocos Norte Representative Imelda Marcos has been convicted on seven counts of graft for transferring funds to private foundations in Switzerland and is sentenced to at least six years and one month imprisonment for each count. 2018-11-9
The death toll from flooding in the Philippine province of Cebu rises to nine with ten missing. 2017-04-17
Floods in Central Vietnam, triggered by Typhoon Sarika's heavy rains, kill at least 24 people with 4 others missing. Sarika has killed at least two people and displaced more than 150,000 in the Philippines. 2016-10-17
The Philippines says it won't have bilateral talks with China until the Chinese stop all provocations in the South China Sea. 2016-08-31
Seven Indonesian sailors are kidnapped off the coast of Sulu near Mindanao in the southern Philippines raising terrorism fears. 2016-06-24
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
Nationwide protests are held across the Philippines over the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam. 2013-08-26
At least 12 people have been killed or wounded in a clash between two Muslim families in the province of Lanao del Sur in the southern Philippines. 2013-07-21
Colombia, Ukraine and the Philippines, who initially declined invitations to attend the ceremony, reverse their decision. 2010-12-9