Sources: National Geographic
Around 25,000 people demonstrate in Cotabato, Philippines, to express solidarity with Palestinians and to condemn Israel's air raids on the Gaza Strip. 2023-10-16
A Regional Trial Court in Pasig, Philippines, acquits Rappler Holdings Corporation and its CEO, Nobel Peace Prize awardee Maria Ressa, in the fifth and final tax evasion case against the corporation. 2023-09-12
Fifteen people are killed in a fire at a clothing factory in Quezon City, Philippines. 2023-08-31
The Senate of the Philippines adopts a resolution condemning China's incursions in the West Philippine Sea and urges the Department of Foreign Affairs to file a resolution regarding China's harassment of Philippine vessels before the United Nations General Assembly. 2023-08-1
Sixty-eight people are injured when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Cordillera Administrative Region and nearby regions in the Philippines. 2022-10-25
Pope Francis appoints Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the Archbishop of Manila, Philippines, to head the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. It is a congregation of the Roman Curia, responsible for world-wide missionary work and related activities. 2019-12-8
Human rights activists and opponents of Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte stage protests led by the Philippine Catholic Church against the ongoing drug crackdown that has killed thousands of people. 2017-11-5
The United Nations Human Rights Council conducts a periodic review of the human rights situation in the Philippines. 2017-05-8
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