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Hungary suspends the issuance of work visas for nationals of Armenia, Georgia, and the Philippines, citing plans to regulate non-European Union guest workers and concerns about the impact of foreign labor on domestic employment and wages.
2026-06-5

At least 11 people are killed in a fire in a residential-commercial building in Manila, Philippines.
2024-08-2

The Philippine Food and Drug Administration approves the emergency use of the Molnupiravir drug made by Merck & Co. for high-risk adult patients and also approves the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years.
2021-12-23

Two suicide bombers detonate their devices in Sulu, Philippines, killing four soldiers and two civilians. ISIL claims responsibility.
2019-06-28

The Philippines Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana suspends participation in any joint patrols with the United States in the disputed South China Sea. Lorenzana will ask a detachment of 107 U.S. troops providing counterterrorism assistance on the southern island of Mindanao to leave as President Rodrigo Duterte requested.
2016-10-7

The death toll from Tropical Storm Koppu that battered the Philippines' main island this weekend climbed to at least 39. Koppu forced more than 100,000 villagers into emergency shelters and destroyed rice fields ready for harvest.
2015-10-21

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake is reported in the Philippines near the town of Balilihan in Bohol province resulting in at least 74 deaths.
2013-10-15

Four Filipino UN peacekeepers that had been taken captive by Syrian rebels on May 7 are released.
2013-05-12

Typhoon Nanmadol kills eight people in the Philippines and is headed for Taiwan.
2011-08-28

The trial of Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on terrorism charges begins in Jakarta.
2011-02-10