Sources: Times of India
More than 400 people are evacuated from their homes in Iloilo City in the Philippines after an explosion on a power barge caused an oil spill. 2020-07-6
The first coronavirus death outside China is reported in the Philippines. The victim was a Chinese tourist, also infected with "Streptococcus pneumoniae" and influenza B, who recently arrived in the country. 2020-02-2
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte bans U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Patrick Leahy from entering the country, as both are seeking to enforce sanctions on politicians involved in the prosecution of Philippine Senator and Duterte administration critic Leila de Lima. Duterte also threatens to tighten visa requirements for American citizens should the sanctions go through. 2019-12-27
Chris Brown leaves the Philippines after he is prevented from leaving for four days due to a financial dispute between Brown and the Christian sect Iglesia ni Cristo. [http:--mobile.nytimes.com-aponline-2015-07-24-world-asia-ap-as-philippines-people-chris-brown.html?referrer= ("The New York Times")]date=July 2019 2015-07-25
Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby), a strong tropical cyclone, makes landfall hitting the Philippines. 2014-12-6
Philippines President Benigno Aquino III announces that he plans to run for a second term in the 2016 election contrary to provisions on term limits in the constitution of the Philippines set up by his mother, Corazon Aquino. 2014-08-14
Taiwan plans to expand a pier on one of the disputed Spratly Islands, parts of which are also claimed by Vietnam, Brunei, China, Malaysia and the Philippines, as the other claimants strengthen military deployment in the South China Sea. 2013-04-7
An ambush by suspected Abu Sayyaf rebels kills 6 rubber plantation workers and injures a further 22 in the southern Philippines. 2012-07-11
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Philippines near Masbate City on the island of Masbate causing some injuries. 2012-03-6
Devastating fire in Manila, Philippines leaves about 8,000 people homeless and nine injured in a Makati City squatter community. 2011-04-19