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A Regional Trial Court in Caloocan, Philippines, sentences a police officer to life imprisonment for torturing and fabricating evidence on drug war victims Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman in 2017.
2022-11-24

The Philippines reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant in a 35-year-old female who is asymptomatic and recovered after isolating for 10 days.
2021-08-15

The Philippines records 987 new infections in the past 24 hours, the lowest single-day record since July 14, bringing the total to 388,137. The lowest figure is attributed to the 12 testing laboratories that failed to submit their reports on time.
2020-11-4

A news publisher is allegedly killed in the Philippine province of Catanduanes after publishing a story about the controversial drug purge campaign.
2016-12-20

The Indonesian foreign ministry says 10 Indonesian nationals are being held hostage after their tug boat and coal barge was hijacked in Philippine waters. Islamist militant group, Abu Sayyaf is demanding a ransom.
2016-03-29

Asia-Pacific leaders, in the Philippines for the 2015 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting, which has been overshadowed by the concurrent Paris attacks, call on governments to urgently increase cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
2015-11-19

An indigenous Lumad child dies in an evacuation center while the Philippine Senate investigates the alleged September 1 murders of an indigenous Lumad family and the alleged rape of an indigenous Manobo girl by soldiers and militiamen of the Philippine Army.
2015-09-10

The Philippines lends the International Monetary Fund $1 billion. [http:--globalnation.inquirer.net-40931-palace-philippines-duty-bound-to-help-poor-nations "(Philippine Daily Inquirer)"]
2012-06-22

The United States issues a terrorist-related travel warning for the Philippines.
2011-06-14

An ex-convict kills 3 people and injures 6 others at a school near the city of Zamboanga in the Philippines.
2010-10-22