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CHINA, PHILIPPINES TO ROLL OUT $3.7B IN COOPERATION PROJECTS
Tensions ran high last year after the Philippines won an arbitration ruling in July declaring China's maritime claims in the South China Sea invalid... READ MORE›
AFTER TPP COLLAPSE, SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATIONS FEAR GETTING CAUGHT IN SUPERPOWER RIVALRY
Bangkok South-east Asian nations have expressed concern they will become caught up in superpower rivalries after the Trump administration ended the 12-nation Pacific trade deal... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP TOWERS OVER THE PHILIPPINES
Mr Trump's unpredictability makes it impossible to say with any certainty in which direction he will take America's relations with Asian nations such as the Philippines... READ MORE›
LEVELS OF E-WASTE SOAR IN ASIA AS GADGETS BECOME AFFORDABLE, UN SAYS
Amount of electronic waste up 63 percent in five years, with China's more than doubling, United Nations University report finds... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S TURNBULL URGES FREE TRADE IN FACE OF TRUMP THREAT
For both Australia and Japan, the U.S. remains a cornerstone of our strategic and security arrangements, Turnbull wrote... READ MORE›
JAPANESE PM SHINZO ABE ARRIVES IN SYDNEY
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has described Saturday's planned discussions as a very important agenda, and says the two countries have great relations and collaboration... READ MORE›
ONE OF THE MOST CATHOLIC COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD WILL GIVE FREE BIRTH CONTROL TO MILLIONS OF WOMEN
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered agencies to ensure that 6 million Filipino women have access to birth control... READ MORE›
HUGE CATHOLIC PROCESSION HELD UNDER HEAVY SECURITY IN MANILA
Maguid's group has been linked to a failed plot to bomb Rizal Park and the nearby U.S. Embassy in Manila in November... READ MORE›
JAPAN TO RECALL ENVOY FROM SOUTH KOREA OVER "COMFORT WOMEN" STATUE
Japanese ambassador to South Korea is recalled over a statue commemorating Korean women forced to work in Japanese military brothels in World War Two... READ MORE›
TOP PHILIPPINE MILITANT WHO PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO ISLAMIC STATE KILLED IN FIREFIGHT
Maguid was the leader of Ansar Khalifa Philippines, one of four groups that pledged allegiance to Islamic State in a YouTube video in 2015... READ MORE›
GUARD KILLED AS ARMED MEN LINKED TO MUSLIM REBELS FREE MORE THAN 150 FROM PHILIPPINE PRISON
The gunmen opened fire at guards at the North Cotabato District Jail in Kidapawan, prison warden Peter Bongat said on radio... READ MORE›
ONE DEAD AS SCORES ESCAPE IN PHILIPPINE PRISON BREAK
The prison break took place early on Wednesday morning at the North Cotabato District Jail near Kidapawan city, on the island of Mindanao... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 150 PRISONERS ESCAPE IN PHILIPPINES AFTER GUNMEN STORM JAIL
It is a rescue operation, jail warden Peter John Bonggat told local ABS-CBN television... READ MORE›
DUTERTE SAYS HE ONCE THREW A MAN FROM MOVING HELICOPTER
It was not immediately clear when or where the helicopter incident Duterte spoke of took place... READ MORE›
DOZENS INJURED AS BOMBERS TARGET PHILIPPINE BOXING TOURNAMENT
Senior Inspector Jenyzen Enciso, the provincial police spokeswoman, said officers recovered an 81mm mortar cartridge and a mobile phone apparently used to detonate the home-made bombs... READ MORE›
DUTERTE THREATENS TO THROW CORRUPT OFFICIALS OUT OF A HELICOPTER -- AND SAYS HE'S DONE IT BEFORE
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a news conference in Davao city, in the southern Philippines, on Aug. 21... READ MORE›
DUTERTE IMPOSES HIS FORMULA ON THE PHILIPPINES
Samuel R. Matunog, a Davao lawyer, businessman and human rights worker, strongly rejects Duterte's support for violence and killing... READ MORE›
TYPHOON LEAVES 1 DEAD, MESSES UP CHRISTMAS IN PHILIPPINES
In the past 65 years, seven typhoons have struck the Philippines on Christmas Day, according to the government's weather agency... READ MORE›
TYPHOON NOCK-TEN KILLS FOUR IN THE PHILIPPINES
Powerful typhoon Nock-Ten has killed at least four people after making its way through the Philippines, officials say... READ MORE›
CHRISTMAS TYPHOON LEAVES THREE DEAD IN PHILIPPINES
Marasigan said hundreds of people in Bicol celebrated Christmas day in evacuation centres where many had to make do with emergency food packs... READ MORE›
SUPER TYPHOON HEADS FOR CHRISTMAS DAY BLOW TO PHILIPPINES
A powerful typhoon was heading for a Christmas Day collision with the central Philippines... READ MORE›
CHRISTMAS TYPHOON DESTROYS HOMES, KILLS 6 IN PHILIPPINES
The storm was one of the strongest to hit the Philippines since Typhoon Haiyan left more than 7,300 people dead or missing and displaced over 5 million in 2014... READ MORE›
TYPHOON ROARS INTO PHILIPPINES, PROMPTING EVACUATIONS ON CHRISTMAS DAY
A late-season typhoon roared ashore in the Philippines on Christmas Day, prompting widespread evacuations because of fears of flooding and landslides... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS FLEE TYPHOON NOCK-TEN IN THE PHILIPPINES
Storm surges devastated the city of Tacloban and nearby areas when super typhoon Haiyan struck the central Philippines in November 2013, leaving 7,350 people dead or missing... READ MORE›
SUPER TYPHOON HEADS FOR CHRISTMAS DAY BLOW TO PHILIPPINES
A powerful typhoon was heading for a Christmas Day collision with the central Philippines... READ MORE›
SUPER TYPHOON HEADS FOR CHRISTMAS DAY BLOW TO PHILIPPINES
MANILA, Philippines -- A powerful typhoon was heading for a Christmas Day collision with the central Philippines... READ MORE›
CATHOLIC CHURCH TARGETED IN CHRISTMAS EVE BLAST IN PHILIPPINES
In September, 14 people died and 70 were wounded when an improvised bomb exploded in a crowded market in Davao City, hometown of President Rodrigo Duterte... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES BRACES FOR SEVERE TYPHOON ON CHRISTMAS DAY
Typhoon Nock-Ten, called Typhoon Nina in the Philippines, forecast to strengthen into category four typhoon before making landfall... READ MORE›
INDONESIA, PHILIPPINE GROUPS ACQUIRE CHEVRON'S $3 BILLION GEOTHERMAL ASSETS
The Philippine consortium consists of AC Energy and Star Energy Group Holdings Pte Ltd... READ MORE›
DUTERTE: UN RIGHTS CHIEF 'IDIOT' FOR MURDER PROBE CALL
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, on Tuesday said Philippine judicial authorities should probe Duterte's accounts of having carried out killings... READ MORE›
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THEY ARE SLAUGHTERING US LIKE ANIMALS
The rain-soaked alley in the Pasay district of Manila was my 17th crime scene, on my 11th day in the Philippines capital... READ MORE›
DUTERTE: HITLER KILLED 3 MILLION JEWS, I WILL KILL 3 MILLION DRUG ADDICTS
The United States, the United Nations and the European Union have all expressed concern about the conduct of the war on drugs... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES SECRET DEATH SQUADS: OFFICER CLAIMS POLICE TEAMS BEHIND WAVE OF KILLINGS
In his Manila brothel the police officer admits that he too contemplates that very point... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES DUTERTE SAYS 'GOODBYE' TO WASHINGTON AND HELLO TO BEIJING
On Wednesday, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said it was 'time to say goodbye' to the U.S. and so on Thursday, he said hello to China... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA CANCELS MEETING AFTER PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT CALLS HIM 'SON OF A WHORE'
Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting with the president of the Philippines after Rodrigo Duterte appeared to call him a son of a whore ... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINE LEADER DIRECTS AN EXPLETIVE AT OBAMA
Mr. Obama had planned to meet Mr. Duterte in Laos, but the White House said early Tuesday that the meeting had been canceled... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINE POLICE DETONATE BOMB NEAR U.S. EMBASSY
Ronald dela Rosa, the National police chief, told reporters the incident was a??an attempted act of terrorism.a??... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES' DUTERTE CALLED FOR A 'SEPARATION' FROM U.S. HIS TRADE MINISTER IS NOW BACKTRACKING.
On Thursday night in Beijing, President Rodrigo Duterte called for a military and economic separation from the United States... READ MORE›
FORGET DUTERTE. THE PHILIPPINES LOVES THE UNITED STATES.
Filipino enthusiasm for the United States was considerably greater than attitudes in other traditional American allies in Asia, including Japan and South Korea... READ MORE›
OBAMA CALLS OFF MEETING WITH PHILIPPINE LEADER AFTER 'WHORE' JIBE
Mr Duterte was responding to the US president's promise to raise the issue of drug-related extra-judicial killings in the Philippines at their meeting... READ MORE›
THE 'SON OF WHORE' STORY IS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE THAN DUTERTE'S DIRTY MOUTH
Duterte is set to meet President Obama at a regional summit in Laos on Sept. 6, and lashed out at the American president ahead of their meeting... READ MORE›
DUTERTE KEEPS ADMITTING TO KILLING PEOPLE. HIS SUPPORTERS KEEP SHRUGGING IT OFF.
Duterte keeps admitting to killing people. His supporters keep shrugging it off... READ MORE›
POTTY-MOUTHED PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT DUTERTE GIVES E.U. THE MIDDLE FINGER
On Tuesday, during a speech to local business executives in his hometown of Davao City, he took aim at the European Union with irreverent gusto... READ MORE›
'BYE BYE AMERICA': DUTERTE THREATENS US TROOPS PACT
Philippines' leader threatens to terminate a deal that allows American troops into country after US scraps aid package... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES' DUTERTE TO U.S. OVER AID
President Rodrigo Duterte threatened Saturday to terminate a pact that allows U.S. troops to visit the Philippines, saying bye-bye America... READ MORE›
DUTERTE DUMPS THE US: WHAT COULD BE LOST?
The US is the Philippines' third-largest trading partner after Japan and China... READ MORE›
WE KILLED FOR DUTERTE, FED BODY TO CROCODILE
1 of 10 Full Screen Autoplay Close Skip Ad x Who is Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte?... READ MORE›
CHINA INSTALLS WEAPONS ON CONTESTED SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLANDS, REPORT SAYS
The organization's findings come despite a pledge from China's leadership that it has no intention of militarizing the islands... READ MORE›
DUTERTE TELLS OBAMA 'SON OF A WHORE' REMARK WASN'T PERSONAL
Duterte made his initial remarks following weeks of criticism from the US against extrajudicial killings in the Philippines' bloody drug war... READ MORE›
U.S. WARSHIP CHALLENGES CHINA'S CLAIMS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
The Philippines has been a key ally of the United States and a territorial rival of Beijing in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
DUTERTE PLANS $1 BILLION AIRPORT, RAIL IN FORMER U.S. BASE
At 9,450 hectares 23,000 acres, Clark Green City would dwarf the main financial district of Makati in metropolitan Manila, home to the nation's stock exchange and banks' headquarters... READ MORE›
GOD TOLD ME TO STOP CURSING, PHILIPPINE LEADER SAYS
Rodrigo Duterte says he's putting a stop to the profanities... READ MORE›
DUTERTE: PHILIPPINES OPEN TO CHINA, RUSSIA 'WAR GAMES'
Relations between the Philippines and China worsened under Duterte's predecessor Benigno Aquino, who tried to challenge Beijing's expansionism in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
DUTERTE SAYS 'GOODBYE' AMERICA BEFORE MEETING XI IN BEIJING
She also hailed Duterte's efforts to seek a soft landing on territorial disputes in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES' DUTERTE DISCOVERED THIS WEEK THAT HIS ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES
It's only Wednesday, but President Rodrigo Duterte must be ready for the weekend... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT DUTERTE ANNOUNCES SEPARATION FROM U.S.
Duterte's comments Wednesday came as a police van smashed into demonstratorsA outside the American embassy in the Philippine capital Manila during an anti-United StatesA rally... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES' DUTERTE SAYS CHINA, RUSSIA SUPPORTIVE WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF U.S
China said the Philippines would not benefit from siding with the United States, according to Duterte... READ MORE›
THE $10BN QUESTION: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MARCOS MILLIONS?
In the 21 years Ferdinand Marcos ran the Philippines, billions went missing. As his son stands for vice-president, will the stolen fortune ever be recovered?... READ MORE›
THE OUTLAW OCEAN TRICKED AND INDEBTED ON LAND ABUSED OR ABANDONED AT SEA
Continue reading the main story Mr. Andrade agreed to sign up, handed over about 200 in processing fees and left for Manila, 220 miles north of here... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES' DUTERTE DENIES GIVING DEATH-SQUAD ORDERS
'Accusations of madman' In a separate news report, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte also denied the allegations, calling the witness a madman ... READ MORE›
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HOW MEXICANS ARE PLANNING TO HIT BACK AT TRUMP
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This vaquita, or the Gulf of California harbor porpoise, was snagged as by-catch in Mexico's Gulf of California... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP'S KEY LATINO SUPPORTERS CONSIDER DROPPING HIM AFTER FIERY IMMIGRATION SPEECH
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TRUMP OUTLINES HARDLINE POSITION ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN SPEECH
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IN MEXICO, DONALD TRUMP IS MORE OF A PUPPET THAN A POLITICIAN
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DONALD TRUMP TO MEET MEXICAN PRESIDENT BEFORE ARIZONA SPEECH ON IMMIGRATION
Enrique Pena Nieto had invited both Trump and Hillary Clinton to Mexico to discuss the bilateral relationship with the United States... READ MORE›
TRUMP CONSIDERS LAST-MINUTE MEETING IN MEXICO WITH THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT
The people informed of Trump's plans spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity surrounding the matter... READ MORE›
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That's who Donald Trump wants by his side when he is addressing an audience of American voters... READ MORE›
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