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The Sandiganbayan court in the Philippines acquits Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and former Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile, his former aide Gigi Reyes, and Janet Napoles of plunder in connection with the alleged misuse of Ponce Enrile's Priority Development Assistance Fund during his senatorial term.
2024-10-4

A court in Angeles, Philippines, convicts a police officer and an official of the National Bureau of Investigation in connection with the kidnapping and murder of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-Joo in 2016. However, the alleged mastermind of the plot is acquitted.
2023-06-6

Philippine President Bongbong Marcos approves a 90-day extension of mandatory registration of SIM cards, whose deadline is originally scheduled for the following day.
2023-04-25

The Philippines reports a record for the second consecutive day of 28,707 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2,965,447.
2022-01-9

Two bombs at the Roman Catholic Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Jolo, Philippines, kill 20 people, fifteen civilians and five soldiers, and injure 81 others. Abu Sayyaf is suspected to be behind the attack.
2019-01-27

At least 32 people are killed in a series of police raids near Manila, Philippines, allegedly due to the ongoing drug war.
2017-08-16

A 6.8 earthquake strikes off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines triggering tsunami warnings.
2017-04-28

Pope Francis pleads for peace in a Christmas Mass in the Vatican.
2016-12-25

Communist rebels in the Philippines kill 10 soldiers as they returned to base to observe a Christmas truce.
2010-12-15

Six Abu Sayyaf Islamic militants, including "most wanted" leader Albader Parad, die after coming into contact with troops at the foot of Mount Tucay in Maimbung, Sulu on Jolo in the Philippines.
2010-02-21