Sources: The Inquirer
The World Bank classifies the Philippines as an upper-middle-income economy, up from lower-middle-income status, after its per capita gross national income exceeds the fiscal year 2026 threshold of US$4,496 to $13,935. 2026-07-1
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raises the alert status of Mount Bulusan to level 1 after the volcano experienced a phreatic eruption. 2022-06-5
Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo says that they have detained two Filipino fishing boats with 21 crew members on board, in Indonesia's Exclusive Economic Zone. 2020-10-6
The Philippines reports 220 new confirmed cases and 50 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the country's death toll to 297 with 4,648 total cases. 2020-04-12
A bill protecting the rights of LGBT in the Philippines is finally up for debate 17 years after being first introduced in the upper legislature with the 2014 killing of a transwoman as the reason for its urgency. 2016-12-21
Malaysia summons a Philippines diplomat over a dispute regarding the ownership of Sabah. 2015-05-25
Another bomb explodes (the previous was November 6, 2014) on a passenger bus, killing at least 11 people and injuring 21 in the southern Philippines province of Bukidnon. 2014-12-9
17 people are killed in a blaze at a clothing store in Butuan City, Philippines. 2012-05-9
Flash floods triggered by Tropical Storm Washi kill at least 400 people in the Philippines with hundreds more missing. 2011-12-17
Mount Bulusan on the island of Luzon in the Philippines erupts. 2011-02-21