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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

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

The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi's impact on the Philippines rises to at least 188, with at least 135 others missing.
2025-11-7

Twelve Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters militants are killed and seven soldiers are wounded during a shootout in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines.
2024-04-22

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 Philippines reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant in a 35-year-old female who is asymptomatic and recovered after isolating for 10 days.
2021-08-15

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