Sources: NBC News
At least 27 people are killed and six others are missing when a boat capsizes in Laguna de Bay off the coast of Binangonan, Rizal, Philippines. 2023-07-27
Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda states that preliminary evidence collected from 2016 to 2019 shows there is "a reasonable basis to believe that the Crime Against Humanity of murder was committed" by the administration of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during their drug war, and that a full investigation on the matter will be sought. Duterte's spokesman Harry Roque attacked the comments as "legally erroneous and politically motivated", and says that the International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction because the Philippines withdrew from the organization in 2019. 2021-06-14
The Philippines reports their first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom in a person who travelled from the United Arab Emirates to Quezon City on January 7 and later tested positive. 2021-01-13
Karen Ibasco of the Philippines is crowned Miss Earth 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines. 2017-11-4
Australia is to send refugees from Nauru and Manus Island to the Philippines. 2015-10-9
The World Bank states that the Philippines can end poverty in a single generation. 2015-01-15
Mayon Volcano erupts in the Philippines killing four mountain climbers and requiring four other climbers trapped near the summit to be rescued. 2013-05-7
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
Presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections start today in the Philippines. 2010-05-10