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Nine activists are killed in police raids in the northern Philippines two days after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered government forces to kill communists in the country.
2021-03-7

Presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte said that Australia and the United States should go ahead and cut their ties with the Philippines if he was elected president, following critical comments of their ambassadors on his rape remarks.
2016-04-21

President Benigno Aquino III says the Philippines doesn't have the capacity to permanently house Manus Island refugees from Australian-run detention camps.
2015-10-27

Australia is to send refugees from Nauru and Manus Island to the Philippines.
2015-10-9

Around 30-50 people die in clashes between the Philippine National Police and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front threatening a peace agreement between the Philippines government and the rebels.
2015-01-25

A measles outbreak from the Philippines has spread into Australia, Canada, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.
2014-02-12

A child trafficking ring is smashed in the Philippines through the efforts of British, American, and Australian authorities.
2014-01-16

An Australian man kidnapped in the Philippines by an al-Qaeda-linked group for ransom has been freed following "joint efforts" by the two countries.
2013-03-23

Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen abduct two United States citizens and a Filipino relative from an island village in Zamboanga City in the Philippines.
2011-07-12

Barry O'Farrell is sworn as the Premier of the Australian state of New South Wales following Saturday's state election.
2011-03-28