Sources: CNN Philippines
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
Fifteen people are killed in a fire at a clothing factory in Quezon City, Philippines. 2023-08-31
One person is killed and another is reported missing after a fire on an inter-island ferry in Manila, Philippines. 2022-06-26
A grenade is lobbed in a Zamboanga mosque in the Philippines, killing two people and injuring four others. No group has claimed responsibility. 2019-01-30
Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines begin joint patrols in the pirate havens within the Celebes and Sulu Seas. 2017-06-19
Dozens of petty criminals and alleged drug addicts die in the Philippines within a few days after Rodrigo Duterte took the presidency. He actively encouraged extrajudicial killing of drug addicts and petty criminals before and after the election. 2016-07-5
A United States Marine is detained on the "USS Peleliu", which is docked in Subic Bay, Philippines, after he allegedy murdered Filipino transgender woman Jennifer Laude. 2014-10-13
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