Sources: Times of India
Search and rescue crews rescue a motor banca crewman off a capsized boat in Sarangani, Davao Occidental, Philippines, while continuing to search for the other three missing crew members and 11 passengers. 2026-01-20
Seven people in a village located in Cotabato, Philippines are fatally shot during a firefight between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Moro National Liberation Front that left 48 families temporarily displaced. 2025-11-25
Philippine president Bongbong Marcos creates an independent commission with broad investigative powers to examine alleged corruption in flood control and other infrastructure projects. 2025-09-11
The Philippines reports separate collision incidents between its military ships and vessels of both the China Coast Guard and the Maritime Militia near the Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands. 2023-10-22
The death toll from the floods and landslides caused by Tropical Storm Megi in the Philippines increases to 115. 2022-04-14
The Philippines reports a record 22,366 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,976,202. 2021-08-30
The government of the Philippines and the Communist Party cancel peace talks after president Rodrigo Duterte declares martial law in Mindanao. 2017-05-28
An unknown gunman shoots dead Nerlita Ledesma, a journalist from the Philippine tabloid "Abante" in the province of Bataan; her death is the 172nd murder of a journalist since the return of democracy in 1986 and the 31st during the presidency of Benigno Aquino III. 2015-01-8
An unidentified man throws a grenade to spectators of a festival in Paquibato district near Davao City, Philippines, wounding 41 people. 2012-09-1
Leftist New People's Army rebels capture a village official and tribal chieftain during an attack on a militia outpost in Davao City, southern Philippines. 2010-12-11