Sources: CBS
Ako Bicol representative Zaldy Co resigns from the Philippine House of Representatives after being implicated in alleged corruption involving flood control projects. 2025-09-29
Philippine president Bongbong Marcos orders lifestyle checks on government officials, beginning with the Department of Public Works and Highways, as part of an investigation into alleged corruption in flood control projects that have received ₱545 billion (US$9.5 billion) in funding since 2022. 2025-08-27
The Philippine Department of Transportation orders AirAsia to halt the sale of airline tickets in the country, citing alleged overpricing after reports revealed that fares on the airline's website significantly exceeded government-approved price ceilings. 2025-06-2
New Zealand defence minister Judith Collins and Philippine defense secretary Gilbert Teodoro sign a visiting forces agreement in Manila. 2025-04-30
The Philippine Department of National Defense terminates a 32-year-old accord with the University of the Philippines, the country's national university, that limits the access of police and military personnel into the university's campuses. Faculty members, students, and activists protest the move, calling it "a violation of academic freedom" and claiming that it would aid the government's attempts at red-tagging people. 2021-01-19
A Philippine court orders the arrest of Duterte critic and Liberal senator Leila de Lima. She later voluntarily turned herself in the next day 2017-02-23
Filipino senator Leila de Lima files a lawsuit against Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte in the country's Supreme Court seeking to stop the president from gathering, and making public, information about her private life. 2016-11-7
In last week's meeting between Indonesian president Joko Widodo and Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, Widodo today says that Duterte allegedly said that he '(would) not interfere' in the execution of accused drug smuggler and Philippine national Mary Jane Veloso. However, today a "Manila Bulletin" article says that Manny Piñol, the Philippines Agriculture Secretary, states that Duterte actually asked for clemency for Veloso. 2016-09-12
A light cargo plane crashes into an elementary school building in the Philippine city of Parañaque with 13 people dead. [http:--hosted.ap.org-dynamic-stories-A-AS_PHILIPPINES_PLANE_CRASH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT (AP)], [http:--old.news.yahoo.com-s-nm-20111210-ts_nm-us_philippines_crash (Reuters via Yahoo)]date=August 2019 2011-12-10
Philippine authorities are to seek long jail terms for six Chinese poachers as part of a crackdown on foreigners stealing marine wildlife. 2011-03-31