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Two soldiers are killed and three civilians are injured when five drug gangs open fire during a attack on a senator's convoy in clashes with airstrikes, prison riots, mass shooting, and mass stabbing between the military and the New People's Army in Eastern Samar, Philippines.
2022-10-7

In golf, 19-year-old Yuka Saso of the Philippines wins this year's championship at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California, after coming back from two double-bogeys to beat Japan's Nasa Hataoka in the third hole of a sudden death playoff. Saso is the first Filipino player to win a major golf championship and equals South Korea's Inbee Park as the youngest champion of the U.S. Women's Open.
2021-06-6

The Philippines reports its first six cases of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa.
2021-03-2

The first coronavirus death outside China is reported in the Philippines. The victim was a Chinese tourist, also infected with "Streptococcus pneumoniae" and influenza B, who recently arrived in the country.
2020-02-2

At least 14 people are killed in separate drug-related incidents in Cebu Province, Philippines.
2018-10-4

The Philippines clarifies a controversial remark about a potential "war" with China amid criticism from Filipinos.
2017-05-22

Admiral John Richardson says the United States has seen Chinese activity around Scarborough Shoal, which China seized from the Philippines nearly four years ago, in the northern part of the Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea. An international court ruling on a case brought by the Philippines against China over its South China Sea claims is expected within a month.
2016-03-17

The Philippines and the local Communist Party agree to renew talks that may lead to a peace treaty which could end the 46-year communist insurgency in the country.
2014-12-26

Syrian rebels attack the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in the Golan Heights and capture 42 Fijian peacekeepers while surrounding a base manned by 75 Filipino soldiers.
2014-08-29

Typhoon Rammasun (Glenda) hits the Philippines island of Luzon causing extensive damage and at least ten deaths.
2014-07-16