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The Philippines' film review board requests that American film distributor Warner Bros. Pictures censor a scene in the upcoming film "Barbie" that includes a map displaying the internationally contested nine-dash line in the South China Sea before releasing the film in the country.
2023-07-12

The Philippines begins to ban people who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 from riding public transport and entering commercial planes despite protests from labour and human rights groups.
2022-01-17

The Philippines includes the United States in its travel ban of countries and territories reported to have new variants of SARS-CoV-2, which comes into effect on January 3. The move comes after the United States reported its first case of a new variant from the United Kingdom on December 30.
2021-01-1

A bomb explosion outside a busy shopping mall in the city of Cotabato, Philippines, kills 2 people and injures 34 others.
2018-12-31

At least 37 people are killed in a deliberately lit fire at Resorts World Manila in the Philippines. The perpetrator stole gaming chips and fired gun shots before committing suicide.
2017-06-2

Two people are dead after Typhoon Noul hits the Philippines. The storm is now headed for Japan.
2015-05-11

The death toll from flash floods in the Philippines caused by Tropical Storm Washi reaches 1,500 per some sources, but the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council currently puts the number lower.
2011-12-27

A Philippine civil defence official estimates that approximately 10,000 people in the southern Philippines have fled their homes due to fighting between Abu Sayyaf rebels and government forces.
2011-10-25

Two bombers kill themselves in an attempted attack in the Philippines city of Kidapawan in Cotabato province.
2011-08-12

An ex-convict kills 3 people and injures 6 others at a school near the city of Zamboanga in the Philippines.
2010-10-22