Sources: BBC News
Khartoum reports 384 cases of dengue fever which are attributed to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan. 2024-04-8
Suriname begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using a small number of vaccine doses donated by Barbados. 2021-02-23
Indonesia aims to start administering COVID-19 vaccines early next month, according to the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs. Sinopharm and G42 Healthcare will supply five million doses starting next month, CanSino Biologics will supply 100,000 doses that same time, and Sinovac will supply three million doses of CoronaVac by December. All three vaccines are currently in Phase III trials in various countries. 2020-10-12
Protesters take to the streets around Manila as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte prepares for his State of the Nation Address (SONA). 2018-07-23
Imee Marcos (daughter of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos and sister of vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos), her three sons, and JV Ejercito (son of Manila mayoral candidate Joseph Estrada) are among hundreds of Filipino celebrities and politicians implicated for laundering money in tax havens. 2016-04-5
The Pope cuts his Tacloban trip short as an approaching typhoon threatened the city in the Philippines. This cyclone may also affect Francis's scheduled closing Mass on Sunday in the capital, Manila. 2015-01-17
Yash Chopra, one of India's most influential filmmakers, dies from dengue fever in Mumbai. 2012-10-21
The death toll from recent floods in the Philippines capital Manila and surrounding regions rises to 60. 2012-08-10
Devastating fire in Manila, Philippines leaves about 8,000 people homeless and nine injured in a Makati City squatter community. 2011-04-19
A top civil service union in Sri Lanka condemns the tying to a tree of an official by a government minister in Colombo, a disagreement related to dengue fever. 2010-08-3