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The Philippine supreme court rules that same-sex partners may qualify as co-owners of property under the Family Code when both contribute to its acquisition, reversing lower-court decisions in a dispute between two former partners in Metro Manila.
2026-02-10

Metro Manila, Philippines, is placed under a state of calamity due to flash floods caused by Typhoon Gaemi.
2024-07-24

Monsoon rains aggravated by Tropical Storm Talim have affected the northern Philippines, killing a person during a landslide in Rizal. Nine crew members of a fishing vessel who went missing off Camarines Norte are rescued off Camarines Sur.
2023-07-17

The Philippines surpasses 400,000 total COVID-19 cases, becoming the second country in Southeast Asia after Indonesia to reach that milestone.
2020-11-11

Flights are cancelled and evacuations are ordered for over 100,000 people in the North Central Coast of Vietnam, in preparation for Typhoon Doksuri. The system has already claimed four lives passing over the Philippines.
2017-09-14

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

Rising floodwaters are causing problems in the northern Philippines as Typhoon Koppu (Lando in the Philippines) is set to linger over the island of Luzon until Wednesday. Eleven people have died so far.
2015-10-19

Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby), a strong tropical cyclone, makes landfall hitting the Philippines.
2014-12-6

The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Bopha rises over 900 with hundreds still unaccounted for.
2012-12-13

Four earthquakes ranging from 5 to 6.2 in magnitude hit the Philippines.
2011-07-12