Sources: CNN Philippines
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
Philippine executive secretary Lucas Bersamin and budget secretary Amenah Pangandaman resign over their alleged involvement in flood control corruption. Finance secretary Ralph Recto replaces Bersamin as the executive secretary. 2025-11-17
Eight people are killed after a fire engulfed a residential area on the state university campus in Metro Manila, Philippines. 2022-05-2
Journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to safeguard the freedom of expression". 2021-10-8
An unidentified attacker fatally shoots Benjamin Ramos, a Philippines lawyer opposing President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, in Kabankalan. 2018-11-7
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
Airplane cleaners in the Philippines locate a newborn male baby human which had been discarded in a toilet bin. 2010-09-12