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A Regional Trial Court in Pasig, Philippines, acquits Rappler Holdings Corporation and its CEO, Nobel Peace Prize awardee Maria Ressa, in the fifth and final tax evasion case against the corporation.
2023-09-12

The Philippines reports 157 deaths in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total in five months, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 11,829.
2021-02-19

The Philippines signs its first supply deal for a COVID-19 vaccine with AstraZeneca to obtain 2.6 million doses of vaccines for more than one million people, covering a percent of its population.
2020-11-27

Seven Indonesian sailors are kidnapped off the coast of Sulu near Mindanao in the southern Philippines raising terrorism fears.
2016-06-24

Gunmen abduct a Norwegian resort manager, two Canadians, and a Filipino from a resort in the southern Philippines.
2015-09-21

Philippines President Benigno Aquino III submits a bill to the Congress of the Philippines that will give autonomy to Filipino Muslims in Bangsamoro and bring peace to Mindanao.
2014-09-10

The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Nesat rises to 35 with dozens missing.
2011-09-29

More than 100,000 people in the Philippines are evacuated ahead of Typhoon Nesat, with Albay province lying directly in the storm's pathway.
2011-09-26

2011 Pacific typhoon season: At least one person in the Philippines is missing and several towns are flooded as a result of Typhoon Nanmadol which is now heading for Taiwan.
2011-08-25

Tropical Storm Meari hits the Philippines, leaving 11 people missing and over 40,000 displaced.
2011-06-24