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TWO DEAD IN PHILIPPINES PRISON RIOT
Authorities in charge of the Quezon City jail outside Manila said the spill led to a fight between two gangs... READ MORE›
FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES KILL 54, LEAVE 39 MISSING IN VIETNAM
It's one of Vietnam's worst natural disasters in years... READ MORE›
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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›
PHILIPPINES TO CHINA: STOP SCARBOROUGH SHOAL PLAN
The news comes as Duterte urged Southeast Asian leaders to complete rules on the South China Sea, "to maintain the peace and stability in the region"... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINE POLICE KILL 32 DRUG SUSPECTS IN ONE DAY
Police killed at least 32 suspected drug offenders in a series of raids near Manila, in the bloodiest night of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs... 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›
BEIJING'S CLAIMS TO SOUTH CHINA SEA REJECTED BY INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL
The islands in the South China Sea have been Chinese territories since ancient times, he said, according to state media... READ MORE›
BEIJING REMAINS ANGRY, DEFIANT AND DEFENSIVE AS KEY SOUTH CHINA SEA TRIBUNAL RULING LOOMS
China's nine-dash line, a version of which first appeared on its maps in 1947, loops through the vast majority of the South China Sea... 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›
TYPHOON NINA BRINGS STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN TO PHILIPPINES ON CHRISTMAS
The typhoon made a second landfall over Camarines Sur province, then weakened slightly with winds of 175kph but gusts at 290kph, the weather bureau said... 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›
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›
SOUTH CHINA SEA ROW OVERSHADOWS ASEAN SUMMIT
The Philippines has released pictures purportedly showing Chinese boats near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea... 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›
STRONG EARTHQUAKE SHAKES NORTHERN PHILIPPINES
A deep earthquake of 6.3 magnitude has shaken off Luzon island in the northern Philippines, and was felt in metropolitan Manila... READ MORE›
MANILA FLOODS AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION SLAMS PHILIPPINES
A number of flights were cancelled, and transport authorities suspended port operations in Batangas city and Lucena in Quezon... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 21 DEAD AFTER TYPHOON BATTERS PHILIPPINES
Typhoon Hagupit weakened into a tropical storm Monday, leaving at least 21 people dead and destroying nearly 1,000 homes, the Philippine Red Cross said... READ MORE›
DUTERTES DRUG WAR ENDURES OVERHAUL OF PHILIPPINES POLICE
At least 3,600 people, and possibly thousands more, have been killed by the police or by vigilantes since Mr. Duterte came to power... 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›
QUEASY ABOUT FLARE-UPS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA HELENE COOPER CAN RELATE
That meant two things 1 Leaving the nice, calm, tranquil and protected South China Sea for the rough, turbulent, wide-open Philippine Sea, with its monster-sized waves... READ MORE›
WHILE BEIJING AND MANILA TALK, WASHINGTON SPOILING FOR A FIGHT
As much as Washington may hate it, the fact is Beijing and Manila are diplomatically discussing the situation in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
CHINA HAS QUIETLY STOPPED CHASING FISHERMEN FROM CONTESTED SHOAL
Scarborough is a flashpoint in the South China Sea conflict... READ MORE›
U.S. 'HYPOCRISY' AND CHINESE CASH STRENGTHEN BEIJING'S HAND IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
Ian Storey, a senior fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, called it another embarrassing episode of ASEAN disunity... READ MORE›
STARTLING PHOTOS SHOW SEVERE OVERCROWDING IN A PHILIPPINES JAIL
Six decades ago the Quezon City jail in Manila was built to house 800 inmates... 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›
PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT BACKS POLICE WITH 'CRAZY' GUNMAN THEORY
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte says a deadly casino attack in Manila was not the work of the Islamic State group... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES TO HOST US WAR GAMES AFTER HARDMAN RODRIGO DUTERTE SOFTENS STANCE
The former mayor last week acknowledged that his country needed American troops after earlier calling for the end of joint patrols in the strategic waterway... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES POLICE CLAIM KILLINGS OF 30 'DRUG DEALERS' SINCE RODRIGO DUTERTE BECAME PRESIDENT
Most of these have been suspected drug dealers, rapists and car thieves... READ MORE›
7.5 MILLION PEOPLE AT RISK AS SLOW-MOVING TYPHOON SMASHES PHILIPPINES
A typhoon further east and a high pressure area north of the Philippines unusually trapped the storm in a semi-stationary position forecasters said... READ MORE›
TYPHOON TAKES AIM AT NORTHERN PHILIPPINES
A typhoon was heading straight for the main Philippine island of Luzon on Friday, prompting storm alerts in nearly 20 provinces and placing army and police... READ MORE›
LUZON: THE PHILIPPINE ISLAND WITH WORLD'S GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF UNIQUE LAND MAMMALS
There are individual mountains on Luzon that have five species of mammals that live nowhere else... READ MORE›
7.5 MILLION PEOPLE AT RISK AS SLOW-MOVING TYPHOON SMASHES PHILIPPINES
A typhoon further east and a high pressure area north of the Philippines unusually trapped the storm in a semi-stationary position forecasters said... READ MORE›