Sources: NBC News
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte claims to have spoken with a contract killer to target President Bongbong Marcos, his wife Liza and House Speaker Martin Romualdez in the event of her assassination, which the administration deemed an "active threat" against the government. 2024-11-23
The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Rai increases to 375. At least 500 more people are injured. 2021-12-19
In the Philippines, two people are killed and thousands more are evacuated from their homes after monsoon rains compounded by a tropical typhoon cause heavy flooding in Metro Manila. 2021-07-24
Leila de Lima, senator and critic of the Philippine Drug War, is charged by Philippines justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II of alleged drug-related crimes. 2017-02-17
The communication channel of the Philippine government is under scrutiny after an apparent whitewash and historical revisionism of the abuses of the Marcos dictatorship. 2016-09-11
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak condemns the Philippine-based Abu Sayyaf's beheading of a Malaysian man. Businessman Bernard Then and a woman were kidnapped in May from the Malaysia-island Sabah; the woman was released last week. Philippine Colonel Restituto Padilla said the killing followed a "failure of the negotiations about money." 2015-11-18
Two people are dead after Typhoon Noul hits the Philippines. The storm is now headed for Japan. 2015-05-11
The World Bank states that the Philippines can end poverty in a single generation. 2015-01-15
A child trafficking ring is smashed in the Philippines through the efforts of British, American, and Australian authorities. 2014-01-16
Standard & Poor's raises the credit rating of the Philippines to BB+. 2012-07-4