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A bill protecting the rights of LGBT in the Philippines is finally up for debate 17 years after being first introduced in the upper legislature with the 2014 killing of a transwoman as the reason for its urgency.
2016-12-21

A Philippine Olongapo City Regional Trial Court convicts U.S. Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton of homicide over the death of a transgender Filipina woman.
2015-12-1

Indonesia and the Philippines discuss their borders after the Indonesian Navy sinks four Filipino fishing vessels off the coast of the Philippines triggering a diplomatic dispute.
2015-11-6

Gunmen abduct a Norwegian resort manager, two Canadians, and a Filipino from a resort in the southern Philippines.
2015-09-21

The United States refuses to extradite a United States Marine to the Philippines where he is charged with murder.
2014-12-18

Chinese vessels reportedly harassed Filipino fishermen off the coast of the Philippines last January 27, according to the Philippine military.
2014-02-24

The Philippines bans its workers from Yemen after the deaths of seven Filipinos there.
2013-12-10

Albert del Rosario, the Philippines Secretary of Foreign Affairs, wants to withdraw Filipino peacekeepers from the Golan Heights subsequent to Syrian rebels kidnapping four troops.
2013-05-10

Philippines officials claim that the People's Republic of China has executed a Filipino man for drug trafficking despite a plea for clemency from the President of the Philippines Benigno Aquino III on humanitarian grounds.
2011-12-8

Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen abduct two United States citizens and a Filipino relative from an island village in Zamboanga City in the Philippines.
2011-07-12