Sources: NBC News
Five people are killed and 38 others are injured after an explosion at an fireworks warehouse in Zamboanga City, Philippines. 2024-06-29
Operators of traditional public jeepneys and minivans that are opposed to the implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program organize a weeklong nationwide strike in the Philippines. 2023-03-6
The Securities and Exchange Commission of the Philippines upholds a previous appeal to invalidate online news website Rappler's operating license for violating constitutional foreign equity restrictions on mass media ownership, thus ordering the website's termination. Rappler co-founder and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Maria Ressa says that her company will contest the ruling in court. 2022-06-29
The Philippines reports its first three locally transmitted cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. 2021-12-31
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes 14 kilometers (8 miles) northwest of Surigao City on the Philippines island of Mindanao and kills four people, injures more than 100 others, and damages multiple buildings. 2017-02-10
Rodrigo Duterte is inaugurated as President of the Philippines and Leni Robredo as Vice President. 2016-06-30
The World Bank estimates that 9.6 percent of the world’s population is living in extreme poverty this year, down from 12.8% in 2012. The bank also updated its global poverty line from $1.25 per day to $1.90 per day to reflect inflation and changes in purchasing power around the world; it was last adjusted in 2008. 2015-10-5
Philippines President Benigno Aquino III asks Indonesian President Joko Widodo to spare the life of Mary Jane Veloso, a migrant domestic worker sentenced to death for drug trafficking. 2015-04-27
The World Bank states that the Philippines can end poverty in a single generation. 2015-01-15
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