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The Philippine Air Force and Navy locate on Mayon Volcano, Albay, the debris of a Cessna 340 aircraft that went missing after taking off from Daraga for Manila on February 18. However, the whereabouts of the two pilots and two Australian passengers on board have yet to be located due to inclement weather.
2023-02-21

At least 25 people are killed and 48 are arrested by the Philippine National Police Manila Police District in consecutive anti-drug operations in Manila within 24 hours.
2017-08-17

At least 32 people are killed in a series of police raids near Manila, Philippines, allegedly due to the ongoing drug war.
2017-08-16

In response to criticism of his government's extrajudicial killings of 1,800 people since July, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte says that U.S. forces advising the Armed Forces of the Philippines against an Islamic insurgency in Mindanao are doing more harm than good and must leave the country, saying, ”I do not want a rift with America, but they have to go," during a speech in Manila.
2016-09-12

Grace Poe rejects Mar Roxas' offer saying she is not willing to withdraw. Jejomar Binay also rejects calls for him to withdraw.
2016-05-6

Imee Marcos (daughter of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos and sister of vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos), her three sons, and JV Ejercito (son of Manila mayoral candidate Joseph Estrada) are among hundreds of Filipino celebrities and politicians implicated for laundering money in tax havens.
2016-04-5

About one thousand houses in Manila's Tondo district in the Philippines are set ablaze following New Year's Eve firecracker festivities that left one dead and 380 others injured.
2016-01-1

U.S. President Barack Obama calls on China to stop constructing artificial islands in the South China Sea. Obama’s comments to reporters come after a meeting with Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III. The U.S. president is in Manila for the latest Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit where the Trans-Pacific Partnership is the central topic of conversation. China attempts to keep the topic of the islands off the agenda.
2015-11-18

A bus falls from an elevated highway in the Philippines capital Manila killing at least 21 people with 20 injured.
2013-12-16

12 people are killed and 360 families left homeless after a fire in Navotas City, near Manila, Philippines. [http:--www.google.com-hostednews-afp-article-ALeqM5iUid-WxbaHlWqw6qGHAW-TS0y_WQ (AFP via Google News)] [http:--www.philstar.com-Article.aspx?articleId=653014&publicationSubCategoryId=63 ("The Philippine Star")]date=August 2019
2011-01-30