Sources: National Geographic
The remains of the two individuals in a Cessna 172 aircraft, which crashed into a mountain in Tubajon, Dinagat Islands, Philippines, while en route to Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte on April 8, are recovered by the authorities. 2026-04-10
Five people are killed after a police vehicle, carrying provincial police and government personnel that was securing the organizers of a national pageant, falls off a cliff in Don Victoriano, Misamis Occidental, Philippines. 2026-02-13
The death toll from Typhoon Fung-wong's impact on Luzon, Philippines, rises to 25, with more than 1.4 million others displaced. 2025-11-10
The Financial Action Task Force removes the Philippines from its grey list and adds Laos and Nepal to the list. 2025-02-21
Four people are killed after a U.S. military-contracted Beechcraft Super King Air 300 surveillance aircraft crashes in a paddy field in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. 2025-02-6
Philippine President Bongbong Marcos confirms the return of Mary Jane Veloso to the Philippines following 14 years on death row in Indonesia, after the Indonesian government implemented a policy for the repatriation of foreign prisoners. 2024-11-20
Rodrigo Duterte threatens to withdraw the Philippines from its founding membership of the United Nations after the international body criticized him over alleged human rights violations. 2016-08-21
Koppu strengthens to a typhoon ahead of threatening lives and properties in the Philippines island of Luzon over the weekend. 2015-10-16
Philippines President Benigno Aquino III distances himself from a botched raid against a terrorist, Zulkifli Abdhir, that killed around 50 people, including police officers and Abdhir, while pledging support for a peace process with the Moro people. Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno urges the public to continue to support the peace treaty. 2015-01-29
At least 70 people are still missing after the ferry MV "Maharlika II" sinks off the Philippines island of Leyte. 2014-09-14