Sources: NBC News
Nineteen alleged New People's Army militants are killed in a shootout with the army in Toboso, Negros Occidental, Philippines. 2026-04-19
At least ten people are killed while 37 others are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision at a toll plaza of the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway in Tarlac City, Philippines. 2025-05-1
The World Bank approves $1 billion for the construction of the Dasu Dam in northwest Pakistan. 2024-06-11
Bomb maker Mundi Sawadjaan, a leader of Abu Sayyaf and suspect in the 2020 suicide bombings in Sulu, is killed by security forces during a military operation in Basilan, Philippines. 2023-12-2
The Philippines' National Telecommunications Commission issues a cease and desist order to the broadcasting operations of ABS-CBN, the country's largest media network, as Congress fails to renew its franchise granted in 1995. The network signed off at 7:52 PM, Philippine Standard Time. The last time the network was shut down was upon the declaration of martial law by the Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. 2020-05-5
Typhoon Yutu causes landslides in the Philippines, leaving at least four people killed and thirty-one others trapped. 2018-10-30
Philippine vice president Leni Robredo faces an impeachment charge before the House of Representatives for condemning the country's war on drugs at the United Nations. 2017-05-2
The alert level for the Mayon Volcano in the Philippines is increased after more than a hundred earthquakes were detected in its vicinity. 2016-09-9
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines says that it will not join growing calls for the impeachment and resignation of Philippines President Benigno Aquino III following the January 25 botched police operation. 2015-02-4
The World Bank states that the Philippines can end poverty in a single generation. 2015-01-15