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A trial court in Taguig, Philippines, convicts 17 leaders and members of Abu Sayyaf, including two top officials of the Rajah Sulaiman Movement who were on the United Nations Security Council's Sanctions List, of the kidnapping of 21 tourists from Sipadan, Malaysia, in 2000. The convicts are sentenced to "reclusión perpetua".
2024-10-21

The Philippines announces that it will close all schools on Monday and Tuesday, due to an extreme heat wave currently affecting the country.
2024-04-28

Ten people are killed, two are injured and one person is missing due to landslides caused by heavy rains in Davao de Oro, Philippines.
2024-01-18

Tropical Storm Choi-wan (Dante) makes landfall in central and southern Philippines, killing at least three people and leaving hundreds displaced.
2021-06-2

More than 100 prisoners escape in the Philippines after armed suspected Muslim rebels storm a prison in Kidapawan. A prison guard dies.
2017-01-3

Celebrations are held to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines that led to the downfall of dictator Ferdinand Marcos' 21-year reign, and the rise of President Corazon Aquino.
2016-02-25

An unknown shooter kills a newspaper publisher in Mindanao, Philippines.
2015-08-20

Pope Francis arrives in Manila and meets Philippines President Benigno Aquino III.
2015-01-15

An unidentified man throws a grenade to spectators of a festival in Paquibato district near Davao City, Philippines, wounding 41 people.
2012-09-1

A bomb on a bus kills at least two people in the Philippines town of Carmen in Cotabato Province.
2012-04-11