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Rodrigo Duterte faces a charge of 'the crime against humanity of murder', according to the ICC

ICC confirms Duterte arrest warrant

The International Criminal Court confirmed it had issued an arrest warrant against former Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte over alleged crimes against humanity during his deadly war on drugs.

World • 11 Mar

Sara Duterte resigned from Ferdinand Marcos Jr's cabinet in June signalling the collapse of a formidable alliance

Philippines VP threatens Marcos Jr with assassination

Philippine security agencies have stepped up safety protocols after Vice President Sara Duterte said she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she herself were killed

World • 23 Nov 24

Strong winds and high waves were hampering response efforts

Tanker with 1.4 million litres of oil sinks off Manila

A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil has capsized and sunk off Manila, authorities said, as they sought to contain a spill stretching several kilometres.

World • 25 Jul 24

The dried-up dam has revealed parts of a sunken church and old structures

Drought reveals centuries-old town at Philippines dam

Ruins of a centuries-old town have emerged at a dam parched by drought in northern Philippines, giving residents a rare spectacle and an extra source of income in a region dependent on rice-growing.

World • 03 May 24

The landslide struck on Tuesday night, destroying houses and engulfing three buses and a jeepney waiting to pick up workers from a gold mine

'Miracle' rescue 60 hours after Philippine landslide

The rescue of a child nearly 60 hours after a landslide hit a gold-mining village in the southern Philippines has been hailed as a "miracle" after searchers had given up hope of finding anyone alive.

World • 09 Feb 24

The incident happened in Marawi in the southern Philippines (file image)

Three killed in explosion during mass in Philippines

At least three people have been killed and nine wounded after an explosion occurred during a mass in a university gymnasium in the southern Philippines, police said.

World • 03 Dec 23

Bord Bia's 'European Dairy-Ireland, working with nature' campaign promotes dairy produce from Ireland in South East Asia

Bord Bia dairy campaign for Malaysia and Philippines

Bord Bia has today started a campaign to drive €15m in dairy export growth to Malaysia and the Philippines.

Business • 07 Nov 23

The Philippines removed a floating barrier installed by China to block Philippine fishing boats

Philippines, China in war of words over South China Sea

The Philippines has said that it will not back down in the face of a Chinese effort to block its fishermen from a fiercely contested area of the South China Sea.

World • 26 Sep 23

The capsized boat in Laguna Lake, Binangonan, Rizal Province, Philippines,

Death toll from Philippine boat accident rises to 26

The number of people killed when an overloaded passenger boat capsized in a Philippine lake has risen to 26, the coast guard has said, as the search resumed for those still missing.

World • 28 Jul 23

The pit is estimated to be 60 metres (197 feet) deep and 40 metres wide

Philippine prisons chief denies digging escape tunnel

A Philippine corrections chief accused of ordering the killing of a journalist has claimed that a huge pit dug beside his home in a Manila prison complex was not an escape tunnel for inmates but for scuba diving.

World • 25 Nov 22

Tropical Storm Nalgae is now heading toward the northern or central sections of the Philippines, the state weather service said

At least 67 killed as storm lashes southern Philippines

Landslides and flooding in the southern Philippines have killed at least 67 people, according to an official tally, with rescuers racing to save residents of a mountain village that was buried in mud.

World • 28 Oct 22

The deal will see the delivery of the 90 MW Libmanan onshore wind project

Mainstream Renewable Power in new Philippines deal

Renewable energy company Mainstream Renewable Power has signed a joint venture deal with Aboitiz Power Corporation, via its subsidiary Aboitiz Renewables, in the Philippines.

Business • 12 Oct 22

The Pinacanuan river has overflown due to heavy rains brought about by tropical storm Ma-on

Storm shuts Philippine schools a day after reopening

As torrential rain and strong winds pound the main island of the Philippines archipelago, schools in the north have been ordered to close - just a day after many resumed in-person learning for the first time since Covid-19 hit.

World • 23 Aug 22

The aftermath of the earthquake at Luzon in the Philippines (Credit: Bureau of Fire Protection)

At least five people killed in Philippines earthquake

A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the northern Philippine island of Luzon killing four people, damaging buildings and sending strong tremors through the capital, Manila.

World • 27 Jul 22

Ferdinand Marcos Jr took the oath in a public ceremony at the National Museum in Manila

Marcos Jr praises rule of dictator father

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has praised his dictator father's rule after being sworn in as the country's new leader, completing a decades-long effort to restore the clan to the country's highest office.

Asia • 30 Jun 22

Samuel B Roberts off Boston, circa June 1944 (Pic: Naval History and Heritage Command via US Navy)

World's 'deepest shipwreck' found off Philippines

A US Navy destroyer sunk during World War Two has been found nearly 7,000 metres below sea level off the Philippines, making it the world's deepest shipwreck ever located, an American exploration team said.

World • 25 Jun 22

An aerial shot of houses covered with ash after the sudden eruption of the Bulusan Volcano in the eastern Philippines

Ash covers towns after Philippines volcano eruption

Residents of towns in the eastern Philippines have been warned about possible further sudden volcanic eruptions after the Bulusan volcano spewed a huge, dark cloud of ash which prompted evacuations.

World • 05 Jun 22

Ferdinand Marcos Jr arrives at his campaign headquarters in Mandaluyong City, Manila

Marcos Jr set to claim landslide presidential victory

The son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos has cemented a landslide presidential election victory.

World • 10 May 22

Climate change being blamed in Baybay City where ten villages have been affected by landslides

Rescuers search Philippine villages after landslides

Rescuers in the Philippines have been battling bad weather in their search for survivors of landslides that hit villages in the centre of the country, as the death toll from tropical storm Megi rose to 42.

Climate Change • 12 Apr 22

People were ordered to evacuate after the volcano erupted

Thousands flee after Philippine volcano erupts

Thousands of people have fled their homes near a Philippine volcano after an eruption sent ash and steam hundreds of metres into the sky.

World • 26 Mar 22

The vehicle was travelling to Mindanao island (File image)

11 killed in Philippine truck crash

At least 11 people were killed after a small truck packed with partygoers, including children, overturned in the southern Philippines, police said today.

World • 13 Jan 22

The new law lays out prison terms of up to 12 years for marrying or cohabiting with anyone under 18

New law bans child marriage in Philippines

Child marriage has become illegal in the Philippines as a law banning the practice took effect in a country where one in six girls enters wedlock before the age of 18.

World • 06 Jan 22

A handout photo made available by the Office of the Vice President of the Philippines shows a toppled electric post and debris along a road in the typhoon devastated town of General Luna, Siargao island

Typhoon death toll rises in the Philippines

More than 300 people have been in killed by a powerful typhoon in the Philippines that destroyed homes, flooded towns, severed power and communications lines and displaced many people in its central and southern regions.

Asia • 20 Dec 21

Fallen electric pylons block a road in Surigao City, Surigao del norte province

Typhoon Rai death toll in the Philippines passes 100

The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year has risen to 108, official tallies have shown.

World • 19 Dec 21

Emergency services have been appealing for help as a large number of people have been left stranded after evacuation centres were destroyed

At least 33 killed after Typhoon Rai hits Philippines

At least 33 people were killed in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, with dozens more missing after the storm ravaged the country.

World • 18 Dec 21