Philippine News
Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos told reporters that a man also died in Camarines Norte province, southeast of Manila.
Even people have died after a high-speed Philippine ferry carrying 134 people caught fire
Fire and thick smoke engulfed the two-storey passenger vessel
The ship caught fire just before reaching the port of Real in Quezon province
A group of recyclers in the Philippines are trying to tackle the country's soaring plastic waste crisis by turning bottles, single-use sachets and snack food wrappers that clog rivers and spoil beaches into building materials.
The election will take place on May 9, 2022
It will decide the country's 17th president
The earthquake was felt in the capital of Manila also. The quake was followed by 52 aftershocks.
The woman, executed on Tuesday, worked as a domestic help in Saudi Arabia, reports Efe news.
The Piper 23 Apache twin-engined aircraft, operated by Lite Air Express, had just taken off from a small nearby airport.
The Philippine military has welcomed its first transgender officer, the defence department said Thursday, swearing in a prominent member of Congress as a reservist.
Rescuers in the Philippines searched on Sunday for survivors of a storm that triggered floods and landslides.
Fire swept through a shopping mall in the Philippines killing at least 37 people, most of them workers at a call centre, city government officials said on Sunday.
Philippine security forces on Sunday arrested the Indonesian wife of the slain pro-Islamic State militant leader who planned and led the attack on Marawi City, authorities said.
US Defence Secretary James Mattis on Wednesday praised the Philippine military for upholding human rights in a five-month battle against pro-Islamic State group militants in a southern city.
Nearly nine out of 10 Filipinos support Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte`s war on drugs, and almost three quarters believe extra-judicial killings are taking place in the bloody crackdown, an opinion poll showed on Monday.
Islamic State (IS)-linked militants were putting up fierce resistance as government forces continued a bloody offensive to retake the southern Philippine city of Marawi, an army commander said on Sunday.
President Rodrigo Duterte has imposed martial law across the southern third of the Philippines, including Basilan, to quell the militant threat.
More than 2,000 other people have been killed in drug-related crimes and thousands more murdered in unexplained circumstances.
Police in the Philippine capital shot dead 25 drug suspects in another round of anti-drug raids, authorities said Thursday, as they followed President Rodrigo Duterte`s call for dozens of deaths a day.
More than 2,000 other people have been killed in drug-related crimes and thousands more murdered in unexplained circumstances, according to police data.
About 200,000 birds would have to be put down and their carcasses buried.
The US has for years provided intel to the Philippines and has between 300 and 500 special operations and regular forces stationed in the country.
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