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Trial courts in Metro Manila, Philippines, dismiss the remaining charges filed against former senator Leila de Lima during the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, including the last of the three involving her alleged conspiracy in the illegal drug trade, as well as another on her disobedience to a summons for a House hearing.
2024-06-24

The Philippines announces that it will close all schools on Monday and Tuesday, due to an extreme heat wave currently affecting the country.
2024-04-28

A court in Angeles, Philippines, convicts a police officer and an official of the National Bureau of Investigation in connection with the kidnapping and murder of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-Joo in 2016. However, the alleged mastermind of the plot is acquitted.
2023-06-6

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expresses interest in moving his country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
2017-12-7

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

The Philippines marks the 5th anniversary of the Maguindanao massacre.
2014-11-23

A United States Marine is detained on the "USS Peleliu", which is docked in Subic Bay, Philippines, after he allegedy murdered Filipino transgender woman Jennifer Laude.
2014-10-13

Security is tightened in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, ahead of anti-China protests amid an ongoing Sino-Philippine territorial dispute in the South China Sea.
2012-05-11

A local politician and provincial Bayan Muna party leader in Aklan, Fernando Baldomero, is shot dead bringing the total number of political and human rights activists killed in the Philippines since the return of democracy in 1986 to over 1,200.
2010-07-5

A huge fire destroys hundreds of homes and leaves thousands homeless in Quezon City, Philippines.
2010-04-25