Sources: CNN Philippines
Three people are killed and 15 others are injured when gunfire erupted outside a school in Cotabato City, Bangsamoro, Philippines, used as a polling station for the Bangsamoro Parliament election the following day. Police say that members of rival political factions clashed while competing to be first in line to vote. 2026-09-13
The body of the last missing individual aboard a boat capsized on Thursday on Mapanuepe Lake in San Marcelino, Zambales, Philippines, is recovered, concluding search operations with the final death toll at nine. 2026-08-30
A w.8 earthquake, whose epicenter is located off Maasim, Sarangani, Philippines, strikes Mindanao, hitting as far as Leyte, the provinces of North Maluku and North Sulawesi, Indonesia, and Sabah, Malaysia. At least 35 people are killed while more than 200 others are injured and 12 are missing. 2026-06-8
A regional court in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, sentences journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and her accomplice to up to 18 years in prison for financing terrorism following their arrest in 2020, but acquits them on a weapons possession charge. Press freedom and rights groups condemn the verdict. 2026-01-22
Metro Manila, Philippines, is placed under a state of calamity due to flash floods caused by Typhoon Gaemi. 2024-07-24
The Philippines reports 239 deaths in the past 24 hours, the second-highest number of daily reported deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 12,068. 2021-02-20
A 6.8 earthquake strikes off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines triggering tsunami warnings. 2017-04-28
At least 70 people are still missing after the ferry MV "Maharlika II" sinks off the Philippines island of Leyte. 2014-09-14
182 inmates escape from a provincial jail in Leyte, Philippines, which was previously affected by Typhoon Haiyan, citing squalid conditions and a lack of food. 148 are recaptured hours later. 2014-01-30
Philippines: A Philippines police official estimates that 10,000 people have died in the central province of Leyte. 2013-11-10