Sources: AFP
Philippine president Bongbong Marcos creates an independent commission with broad investigative powers to examine alleged corruption in flood control and other infrastructure projects. 2025-09-11
The Philippines' film review board requests that American film distributor Warner Bros. Pictures censor a scene in the upcoming film "Barbie" that includes a map displaying the internationally contested nine-dash line in the South China Sea before releasing the film in the country. 2023-07-12
Two people, a rebel and a soldier, are killed, and fourteen others are injured in a shooting incident in Maimbung, Sulu, Philippines. 2023-06-24
Six people are killed, including the vice mayor of Aparri, Cagayan, Philippines, when their car is ambushed in Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya, by unknown gunmen. 2023-02-19
A panel formed by the Senate of the Philippines concludes that operations under Oplan Tokhang by the Philippine National Police is unconstitutional. 2016-12-8
President-elect of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, vows to reintroduce capital punishment and give security forces permission to shoot to kill for organized crime figures and people resisting arrest. Duterte is due to take office on June 30, 2016. 2016-05-15
Typhoon Goni leaves seven people dead and two people missing as it moves from the Philippines towards Taiwan and Okinawa, Japan. 2015-08-22
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurs near the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. 2013-02-16
The Philippine government and the largest rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, sign a peace pact. 2012-10-15