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The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi's impact on Visayas and Mindanao, Philippines, rises to at least 114, with search and rescue operations ongoing.
2025-11-5

Typhoon Ragasa makes landfall in Luzon, Philippines, killing at least three people and leaving six others missing, and triggering alerts and evacuation orders in nearby Hong Kong and southern China.
2025-09-22

Fifteen people are killed and two survive when a truck falls off a cliff in Mabinay, Negros Oriental, Philippines.
2024-02-21

The Philippines military announce that they have launched search and rescue operations for five Indonesian fishermen kidnapped by militants belonging to the ISIL-linked Abu Sayyaf group in Malaysian waters last week in Sabah.
2020-01-19

Viacom International Media Networks has announced it will no longer pursue a Nickelodeon underwater theme park and resort in Palawan, Philippines. The project, announced last January, attracted controversy due to criticisms from environmentalist groups who fear the resort might destroy the area's marine ecosystem, home to two UNESCO World Heritage sites.
2017-08-22

Scientists announce, through the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America", that live specimens of the rare "Kuphus polythalamia" (giant shipworm) have been discovered for the first time in the Philippines.
2017-04-18

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 Kim Nirvana ferry capsizes off the Philippines en route from the city of Ormoc to Camotes island with 173 people onboard; at least 33 people are confirmed dead while at least 50 people have been rescued.
2015-07-2

The Philippines braces for the impact of Typhoon Rammasun (Glenda) which is expected to pass over the capital Manila causing flooding. Thousands have fled to evacuation centres and ports and airports in the country are closed
2014-07-15

A gunman opens fire outside a terminal at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines, killing four people, including the mayor of Labangan, Ukol Talumpa.
2013-12-20