BUS BRAKES FAILED BEFORE DEADLY RAVINE PLUNGE

The driver attempted to steer the bus to the right, but roadside houses made him veer back in the direction of the ravine as horrified passengers watched, Mr Grajo said... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 24 DEAD AS PHILIPPINE BUS PLUNGES INTO RAVINE

The brakes of the bus apparently failed as it negotiated a downhill road, the AP reported... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 24 DEAD AS PHILIPPINE BUS PLUNGES INTO RAVINE

Many of the passengers had serious injuries and were taken to a hospital, he said... READ MORE›

ARMY 'KILLS ABU SAYYAF COMMANDER' BLAMED FOR BEHEADINGS

Ano said troops took the picture of Askali after his death and that captured Abu Sayyaf fighters identified the the young commander... READ MORE›

MILITANT COMMANDER KILLED IN CLASH WITH SOLDIERS IN PHILIPPINES RESORT

It is the Abu Sayyaf's first known attempt to carry out ransom kidnappings deep in the heartland of the central Philippines... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 8 DEAD IN CLASH BETWEEN PHILIPPINE TROOPS, SUSPECTED ABU SAYYAF MILITANTS

The United States and the Philippines have separately blacklisted the Abu Sayyaf as a terrorist organization for bombings, kidnappings for ransom and beheadings... 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 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›

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›

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT DUTERTE TELLS OBAMA TO 'GO TO HELL'

President Rodrigo Duterte gives a fist-bump gesture during his visit to the Philippine army's Camp Mateo in Rizal province east of Manila on Aug. 25... 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›

ANOTHER PHILIPPINE MAYOR ACCUSED OF DRUG CRIMES BY DUTERTE IS KILLED

In August, Mr. Duterte read on television his list of officials allegedly involved in drugs, warning them to surrender to the authorities... READ MORE›

ANOTHER PHILIPPINE MAYOR ACCUSED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING IS GUNNED DOWN BY POLICE

Philippine police investigators collect evidence at a crime scene in Makilala, North Cotabato province, southern Philippines on Oct. 28... READ MORE›

FILIPINO FIREBRAND RODRIGO DUTERTE JOKES ABOUT PENIS, LASHES AUSTRALIA AGAIN

Mr Duterte told the business forum he would double the salaries of security forces who will be ordered to destroy criminals... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE URGES PEOPLE TO KILL DRUG ADDICTS

After his election win, Duterte also launched a seemingly unprovoked attack against the United Nations... 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›

PHILIPPINES' RODRIGO DUTERTE POSES A MAJOR AND UNPREDICTABLE CHALLENGE TO THE U.S.

U.S. officials are quite concerned, said Jose L. Cuisia, the Philippines' former ambassador to the United States... READ MORE›

25, about 390 elite antiterrorism police officers descended on Mamasapano, a tiny remote village on the southern island of Mindanao... READ MORE›

LANDSLIDE FEARS AS TYPHOON LASHES PHILIPPINES

EST December 7, 2014 Residents walk in a flooded street after Typhoon Hagupit made landfall, in Borongan city, Samar island, Philippines... READ MORE›

DUTERTE THREATENS MARTIAL LAW IF 'DRUG WAR' IS BLOCKED

A visibly angry Duterte said in a speech on Tuesday, before military troops in the southern island of Mindanao... READ MORE›

DUTERTE DECLARES 'STATE OF LAWLESSNESS' AFTER DEADLY PHILIPPINE BLAST

Video provided by AFP Newslook Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte C arrives at the site of an explosion at a market in Davao City... READ MORE›

CAPSIZED PHILIPPINE FERRY DEATH TOLL RISES TO 38

Balilo said two passengers initially listed in the manifest did not board the ferry, lowering the total number of people on board to 187 from 189 earlier reported by the coast guard... READ MORE›

MOYNIHAN FAMILY'S HISTORY OF DRUGS, SCANDAL AND POWER

But scandal came to the 2nd Baron Moynihan, Patrick, who at the time of his death in 1965 was facing charges of homosexual importuning... READ MORE›

US AND PHILIPPINES UNITED BY CHINA RAMP UP ALLIANCE

According to the Philippine Constitution, the United States cannot conduct military operations there but can support the Philippine forces with intelligence and training... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINES ELECTION: RODRIGO DUTERTE IN QUOTES

The frontrunner in the Philippines election, Rodrigo Duterte, is known for saying things that many would consider unsayable... READ MORE›

RODRIGO DUTERTE: SHOOT A DRUG DEALER, GET A MEDAL

The Philippines' President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has encouraged the public to go after drug dealers, urging citizens with guns to shoot and kill them... READ MORE›

18 SOLDIERS KILLED BY ABU SAYYAF IN THE PHILIPPINES

Abu Sayyaf was founded in 1991 in Basilan, about 880km south of the capital, Manila... READ MORE›

IS PHILIPPINE LEADER RODRIGO DUTERTE CHARTING A COURSE AWAY FROM US?

Mr Duterte has estimated that 3.7 million of 101 million Filipinos have been using illegal drugs, one of the highest rates of drug use in Asia... READ MORE›

TYPHOON NOCK-TEN INTENSIFIES AS IT APPROACHES PHILIPPINES

Sustained wind was earlier 175 kph with gusts of 215 kph... READ MORE›

ON CLIMATE CHANGE NOT A SCIENTIST NOT ENOUGH FOR SOME U.S. REPUBLICANS

Philippine military officials said in February 2012 that an early morning airstrike on Jolo Island had killed Mr... READ MORE›

NORWEGIAN HOSTAGE FREED IN PHILIPPINES BY ABU SAYYAF

A Norwegian man held hostage by Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf is released after being held more than a year, CNN Philippines and state-run media report... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT 'DUTERTE HARRY' ACTS ON PLEDGE TO KILL DRUG DEALERS

In that short span, he has left a bloody trail of drug world executions that is drawing alarm from human rights groups and opposition politicians... READ MORE›

MURDER COMPLAINTS FILED OVER CAPSIZED PHILIPPINE FERRY

Tan said murder complaints were filed against ferry owner Joge Bung Zarco, boat captain Warren Oliverio and 17 other crew members... READ MORE›

TERROR GROUPS FORM ISLAMIC STATE POWERHOUSE IN THE PHILIPPINES

Four Islamic terrorist groups in the southern Philippines have merged to form a satellite extension of Islamic State, according to a video posted online... READ MORE›

TRUMP'S OUTRAGEOUS 'PIG BLOOD' COMMENTS ARE A REMINDER OF AN OFTEN FORGOTTEN HISTORY

In the southern island of Mindanao, Pershing defeated a local Moro rebellion by 1913... READ MORE›

SPEAKING OUT FOR DRUG WAR VICTIMS FILIPINA GOES INTO HIDING VIEW

An investigator on Kazuo's case said police had refused to release their autopsy report, so the commission conducted its own... READ MORE›