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Two soldiers are killed and three civilians are injured when five drug gangs open fire during a attack on a senator's convoy in clashes with airstrikes, prison riots, mass shooting, and mass stabbing between the military and the New People's Army in Eastern Samar, Philippines.
2022-10-7

Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda states that preliminary evidence collected from 2016 to 2019 shows there is "a reasonable basis to believe that the Crime Against Humanity of murder was committed" by the administration of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during their drug war, and that a full investigation on the matter will be sought. Duterte's spokesman Harry Roque attacked the comments as "legally erroneous and politically motivated", and says that the International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction because the Philippines withdrew from the organization in 2019.
2021-06-14

In golf, 19-year-old Yuka Saso of the Philippines wins this year's championship at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California, after coming back from two double-bogeys to beat Japan's Nasa Hataoka in the third hole of a sudden death playoff. Saso is the first Filipino player to win a major golf championship and equals South Korea's Inbee Park as the youngest champion of the U.S. Women's Open.
2021-06-6

The Philippines reports its first six cases of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa.
2021-03-2

Five soldiers and three militants die in an attack that also injured several others in Patikul, Sulu, in The Philippines.
2019-02-2

At least 14 people are killed in separate drug-related incidents in Cebu Province, Philippines.
2018-10-4

The Philippines clarifies a controversial remark about a potential "war" with China amid criticism from Filipinos.
2017-05-22

Seven Indonesian sailors are kidnapped off the coast of Sulu near Mindanao in the southern Philippines raising terrorism fears.
2016-06-24

Tens of thousands of people evacuate ahead of Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby) which is expected to strike the Philippines.
2014-12-4

Typhoon Rammasun (Glenda) hits the Philippines island of Luzon causing extensive damage and at least ten deaths.
2014-07-16