Sources: NBC News
A speeding truck crashes into at least 22 vehicles and a village gym in Davao City, Philippines, killing six people and injuring six others. 2026-04-11
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines reports that power has been restored shortly after midnight in five islands in the central Philippines, including Cebu. 2025-10-1
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
President Rodrigo Duterte approves the suspension of flights from the Philippines to the United Kingdom from tomorrow at 12:01 a.m. local time until December 31 due to concerns about the new strain of SARS-CoV-2. 2020-12-23
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte urges Filipino citizens to murder people suspected of using illegal drugs. 2016-07-1
The World Bank states that the Philippines can end poverty in a single generation. 2015-01-15
The Philippines government confiscates art owned by Imelda Marcos, including a Michaelangelo, a Gauguin, and a Picasso, alleging that these were bought using embezzled funds. 2014-10-1
The death toll from flooding in the Philippines caused by Tropical Storm Washi reaches 1,002 and is set to rise further. 2011-12-21
Philippines officials claim that the People's Republic of China has executed a Filipino man for drug trafficking despite a plea for clemency from the President of the Philippines Benigno Aquino III on humanitarian grounds. 2011-12-8
Five migrant Filipino workers are arrested in Saudi Arabia for filing a labor complaint against their employer according to a Philippine migrant workers' rights group. [http:--www.philstar.com-Article.aspx?articleId=622025&publicationSubCategoryId=200 ("The Philippine Star")]date=August 2019 2010-10-18