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The death toll from Tropical Storm Trami's landfall in central and northern Philippines increases to 76 people, with more than 320,000 people evacuated.
2024-10-25

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

Nine Dawlah Islamiyah militants are killed while four soldiers are injured during a shootout in the village of Taporug near Piagapo town in Lanao del Sur, Philippines. Two of the killed were suspected of being involved in the December 2023 Mindanao bombing; six other militants are on the run.
2024-01-25

A court in the Philippines dismisses the second of three drug charges against former senator Leila de Lima in connection with accusations that de Lima benefited financially from the alleged illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison.
2023-05-12

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

More than 200 people are dead in the southern Philippines as a result of floods and mudslides caused by Severe Tropical Storm Vinta.
2017-12-23

The Liberal Party of the Philippines, the party of vice president Leni Robredo and detained senator Leila de Lima, formally becomes the opposition after its members and its ally from the Akbayan party are ousted from key positions in the Senate.
2017-02-27

Leila de Lima, senator and critic of the Philippine Drug War, is charged by Philippines justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II of alleged drug-related crimes.
2017-02-17

Evacuations continue from the area surrounding the Mayon Volcano in the Philippines as lava flows down the mountain ahead of a possible eruption.
2014-09-17

The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Haiyan reaches 5,560.
2013-11-28