Recent News Headlines : Southern Philippines

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

18th January, 2017 102

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

4th January, 2017 403

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

28th December, 2016 0

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

27th December, 2016 136

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

26th December, 2016 498

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

26th December, 2016 110

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

26th December, 2016 670

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

26th December, 2016 408

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

26th December, 2016 854

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

26th December, 2016 1531

TYPHOON NOCK-TEN INTENSIFIES AS IT APPROACHES PHILIPPINES


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

25th December, 2016 221

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

25th December, 2016 2

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

24th December, 2016 80

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

24th December, 2016 612

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

24th December, 2016 838

PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT SAYS 'BYE-BYE AMERICA' AS HE THREATENS TO BAN US TROOPS FROM COUNTRY


Mr Duterte, who has had a difficult relationship with President Barack Obama, said he would change his mindset if President-elect Donald Trump appeals to him... READ MORE

18th December, 2016 606

PHILIPPINES TO 'SET ASIDE' SOUTH CHINA SEA TRIBUNAL RULING TO AVOID IMPOSING ON BEIJING


If true, it is a big concern for us and the international community who uses the South China Sea lanes for trade, Lorenzana said Thursday... READ MORE

18th December, 2016 442

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

18th December, 2016 10138

PHILIPPINES' DUTERTE OFTEN EXAGGERATES KILLINGS OF CRIMINALS, OFFICIAL SAYS


Duterte said in a speech to business executives at the presidential palace Monday that he used to hunt down criminals himself to set an example... READ MORE

14th December, 2016 18

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

8th December, 2016 274362

PHILIPPINES' RODRIGO DUTERTE GETS DONALD TRUMP INVITE


Duterte had initially expressed optimism about having Trump in the Oval Office, saying he no longer wanted quarrels... READ MORE

2nd December, 2016 3891

PHILIPPINES SAYS 11 ISIL SYMPATHISERS KILLED IN SIEGE


Fighting continues in the town of Butig, two days after the Maute Group took over a local town hall... READ MORE

28th November, 2016 1766

PHILIPPINES-U.S. MILITARY EXERCISES TO BE CUT NEXT YEAR


Philippines-U.S. military exercises to be cut next year report... READ MORE

23rd November, 2016 114

PHILIPPINE DICTATOR SET TO BE BURIED AT HEROES CEMETERY


Philippine Dictator Set to Be Buried at Heroes' Cemetery... READ MORE

18th November, 2016 163

COURT SAYS DICTATOR MARCOS CAN BE BURIED AT HEROES' CEMETERY


Hontiveros called on Duterte to reject plans to give Marcos a heroes' burial and to rise above his indebtedness and loyalty to the Marcos family... READ MORE

8th November, 2016 165

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

5th November, 2016 1350

PHILIPPINES' DUTERTE RAILS AT U.S. 'MONKEYS' FOR HALTING GUN SALE


That has been good for the Philippines, it is good for the United States, Carter said in response to a serviceman's question... READ MORE

3rd November, 2016 7

PHILIPPINE FISHERMEN PUT DUTERTE DIPLOMACY TO TEST, VISIT DISPUTED SHOAL


Artagame said the blockade meant fishermen had to be at sea three times longer to catch the kind of volumes of fish they would at Scarborough... READ MORE

2nd November, 2016 546

PHILIPPINES DEAL WITH CHINA POKES HOLE IN US PLAN


How long Mr. Duterte can ride out his good relations with China and keep up his threats against the United States is an open question... READ MORE

2nd November, 2016 973

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

2nd November, 2016 6574

Trending News Headlines : Southern Philippines

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

5th October, 2016 22887

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

20th October, 2016 19896

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

6th September, 2016 18355

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

6th September, 2016 17658

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

21st October, 2016 15083

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

22nd October, 2016 11504

DUTERTE DUMPS THE US: WHAT COULD BE LOST?


The US is the Philippines' third-largest trading partner after Japan and China... READ MORE

21st October, 2016 9665

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

18th October, 2016 7178

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

21st October, 2016 6209

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

3rd October, 2016 5611

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

9th November, 2015 5078

CHINA MAY GIVE FILIPINO FISHERMEN ACCESS TO SCARBOROUGH


China has overlapping claims in the South China Sea with Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam... READ MORE

18th October, 2016 4272

HAGUE RULES IN FAVOR OF PHILIPPINES OVER CHINA IN MARITIME DISPUTE


South China Sea Hague rules in favor of Philippines over China in maritime dispute... READ MORE

12th July, 2016 4071

DEATH PENALTY CALL FOR ACCUSED AUSTRALIAN CHILD SEX PREDATOR PETER SCULLY IN PHILIPPINES


WARNING DISTURBING CONTENT Cagayan de Oro, Philippines Prosecutors have revealed how an Australian child sex predator directed a video involving horrific injuries to an 18-month-old baby... READ MORE

20th September, 2016 3895

TRIBUNAL REJECTS BEIJINGS CLAIMS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA


In its most significant finding, the tribunal rejected China's argument that it enjoys historic rights over most of the South China Sea... READ MORE

13th July, 2016 3683

POLICE TEARGAS DEMONSTRATORS PROTESTING AMERICAN TROOPS IN PHILIPPINES AT US EMBASSY IN MANILA


Police teargas demonstrators protesting American troops in Philippines at US embassy in Manila -- RT News... READ MORE

19th October, 2016 3619

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

4th October, 2016 2954

'I'D BE HAPPY TO SLAUGHTER' MILLIONS OF DRUG ADDICTS


Noting that Hitler had murdered millions of Jews, Duterte said There are three million drug addicts in the Philippines ... READ MORE

30th September, 2016 2936

PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT DUTERTE SAYS 'TIME TO SAY GOODBYE' TO AMERICA


Duterte is in China for a four-day trip that is expected to confirm his tilt away from Washington and towards Beijing's sphere of influence... READ MORE

20th October, 2016 2899

BARACK OBAMA CANCELS MEETING WITH RODRIGO DUTERTE AFTER PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT CALLS HIM A 'SON OF A W****'


Later, the White House announced that Mr Obama would instead meet with President Park Geun-hye of South Korea... READ MORE

6th September, 2016 2360

SHOWDOWN AT THE TOP OF PHILIPPINES POLITICS


Duterte, De Lima and Pacquiao What's going on in the Philippines?... READ MORE

22nd September, 2016 2350

PHILIPPINE'S DUTERTE TELLS JAPAN HIS CHINA VISIT WAS JUST ECONOMICS, BLASTS U.S.


X Edition United States Philippine's Duterte tells Japan his China visit was just economics, blast..... READ MORE

26th October, 2016 2350

ABU SAYYAF FREES THREE INDONESIAN HOSTAGES


Abu Ramie, a spokesman for Abu Sayyaf, said the group received a 638,000 ransom for Sekkingstad's release... READ MORE

18th September, 2016 2158

THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES SAYS MANY SLAIN JOURNALISTS DESERVED IT


Many slain journalists in the Philippines had been corrupt and had done something to warrant being killed, the country's president-elect said... READ MORE

1st June, 2016 1432

PHILIPPINE LEADER DUTERTE NOW WANTS U.S. TROOPS OUT 'IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS'


It is also an important Pentagon counterweight to China, whose expansion plans into the South China Sea have dismayed the Philippines and other nations... READ MORE

27th October, 2016 1249

NEW CHINESE VESSELS SEEN NEAR DISPUTED REEF IN SOUTH CHINA SEA


In a sweeping ruling against China on the South China Sea in July, an international tribunal in The Hague focused on Scarborough Shoal... READ MORE

5th September, 2016 1230

GOD TOLD ME TO QUIT CUSSING


Faced with criticism from the United Nations and others, he denied that the suspected drug users are human beings... READ MORE

28th October, 2016 1192

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

1st July, 2016 1036

MEMO FROM THE PHILIPPINES FIGHT IN PHILIPPINES OVER PLAN TO LENGTHEN EDUCATION CYCLE


Students from the Philippines often face difficulty seeking overseas jobs and admission to universities abroad because their diplomas are not recognized, education officials said... READ MORE

12th October, 2015 1021

OUR BOAT WAS INTERCEPTED BY CHINA


China has been blocking fishermen from a reef near the Philippines for four years, in another flash point in the dispute over the South China Sea... READ MORE

12th July, 2016 881

Related News Headlines : Southern Philippines

DUTERTE AND TRUMP WILL DRAMATICALLY RECAST U.S.-PHILIPPINE TIES. BUT HOW?


MANILA -- Over the past few months, several U.S. diplomats have come to see Delfin Lorenzana, the Philippines' secretary of national defense... READ MORE

25th November, 2016 209

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT DUTERTE'S ALLY BACKTRACKS ON CALL FOR 'SEPARATION' FROM U.S.


On Thursday night in Beijing, President Rodrigo Duterte called for a military and economic separation from the United States... READ MORE

22nd October, 2016 25

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES SEPARATION FROM US


Duterte has walked a tightrope in trying to mend damaged relations with China while defending his country's claims in the South China Sea... READ MORE

21st October, 2016 7

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

21st October, 2016 6625

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

1st October, 2016 815

CAN YOU BELIEVE ANYTHING HE SAYS? PHILIPPINES' PRESIDENT ANTICS CONSTANTLY 'CLARIFIED' BY HIS AIDES


But questions are being asked in Washington about the reliability of Mr Duterte, the former mayor of southern Davao city who is known as The Punisher ... READ MORE

29th September, 2016 39

PHILIPPINES TELLS WORLD NOT TO INTERFERE IN DUTERTE'S DRUGS WAR


By David Brunnstrom UNITED NATIONS Reuters - Philippines Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay told the United Nations on Saturday his country's new president, Rodrigo Duterte, had an 822..... READ MORE

25th September, 2016 4

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT WANTS U.S. TROOPS OUT OF COUNTRY'S RESTIVE SOUTH


The controversial President Rodrigo Duterte blamed America for the emergence of Muslim militants in the region... READ MORE

12th September, 2016 0

OBAMA PRESSES AGENDA AND AVOIDS RIGHTS ISSUES IN ASIA


"Decades of experience should make clear to Washington that Beijing responds only to the expectation of unpleasant consequences," said Sophie Richardson, the China director for Human Rights Watch... READ MORE

8th September, 2016 297

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

6th September, 2016 10711

DUTERTE DECLARES 'STATE OF LAWLESSNESS' AFTER PHILIPPINE BLAST KILLS 14


Abu Sayyaf rebels linked to Islamic State and notorious for multi-million dollar kidnappings operate in the jungles of Mindanao's Jolo and Basilan islands... READ MORE

3rd September, 2016 7

BOMBING AT PHILIPPINES NIGHT MARKET KILLS 12, WOUNDS DOZENS


Fifteen soldiers died on Monday in clashes with the Abu Sayyaf on Jolo island, one of the Abu Sayyaf's main strongholds about 900 kilometres from Davao... READ MORE

3rd September, 2016 0


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