Sources: National Geographic
The Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines announces the suspension of all flights to Sudan to ensure the safety of its citizens and raises alerts to level 3 after a Filipino is hit by a stray bullet in Khartoum. 2023-04-23
Four soldiers are killed and another is critically injured by a fellow soldier during a mass shooting at a barracks in Cagayan de Oro, Northern Mindanao, Philippines. The perpetrator is shot dead. 2023-02-11
The Philippines' Food and Drug Administration issues an emergency use authorization for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-05-5
Typhoon Koppu (Lando) heads towards the Philippines island of Luzon where it is expected to make landfall as a Category 4 storm, linger and deposit up to 50 inches of rain in some areas. 2015-10-17
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
Syrian rebels attack the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in the Golan Heights and capture 42 Fijian peacekeepers while surrounding a base manned by 75 Filipino soldiers. 2014-08-29
Bea Rose Santiago of the Philippines is crowned Miss International 2013. 2013-12-17
23-year-old Czech beauty queen Tereza Fajksová wins Miss Earth 2012, the 12th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines. 2012-11-24
An ex-convict kills 3 people and injures 6 others at a school near the city of Zamboanga in the Philippines. 2010-10-22