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The Department of Health announces that the Philippines have reported their first two cases of the Omicron BA.2.75 variant in two individuals from Western Visayas.
2022-08-2

Alexander Lubigan, Vice Mayor of Trece Martires, Philippines, is assassinated in an ambush.
2018-07-7

Human rights activists and opponents of Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte stage protests led by the Philippine Catholic Church against the ongoing drug crackdown that has killed thousands of people.
2017-11-5

Former Philippines president and current mayor of Manila Joseph Estrada is hospitalized for pneumonia.
2016-12-23

The Commission on Human Rights launches an investigation into alleged murders committed by current Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte.
2016-12-22

Over 1,000 people in the Philippines are stranded temporarily by Severe Tropical Storm Linfa (Egay) as landslides occur in Palawan province.
2015-07-5

Severe tropical storm Trami arrives in southern China after killing seventeen people in the Philippines. [http:--www.charlotteobserver.com-2013-08-22-4254324-storm-lashes-china-after-killing.html (AP via "Charlotte Observer")]date=April 2020
2013-08-22

Taiwan plans to expand a pier on one of the disputed Spratly Islands, parts of which are also claimed by Vietnam, Brunei, China, Malaysia and the Philippines, as the other claimants strengthen military deployment in the South China Sea.
2013-04-7

Former Typhoon Bopha is again forecast to make landfall in the Philippines this time on the northern island of Luzon as a tropical storm bringing the possibility of more floods and landslides.
2012-12-9

The Philippines prepares for Typhoon Megi, potentially the strongest typhoon to hit the country this year.
2010-10-17