Tag: Philippine

Philippine President Benigno Aquino defended a new cyber crime law Friday amid a storm of protests from critics who say it will severely curb...

Seven people died, including two children, and five were left missing after a small ferry sank off the southern Philippines, the civil defence office...

One person was killed and seven others wounded on Friday when a grenade blast and a gunbattle rocked an upscale shopping mall in a...

Almost 2,000 people were forced to flee their homes in the southern Philippines after heavy rains caused rivers to burst their banks, the government...

Philippine Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo is among three people missing after a small plane crashed at sea off a central island on Saturday, officials...

An Indian man kidnapped more than a year ago on a troubled southern Philippine island escaped Friday when his Muslim captors fell asleep after...

An Indian man kidnapped more than a year ago on a troubled southern Philippine island escaped Friday when his Muslim captors fell asleep after...

At least five people were killed and seven were missing Tuesday as torrential rains triggered a landslide and widespread flooding in the Philippine capital...

Gunmen ambushed a mayor's convoy in a troubled part of the southern Philippines, killing three police escorts and a civilian, officials said Friday. The town...

Heavy storms in the Philippines killed at least seven people and left more than a dozen others feared missing at sea, rescuers said Wednesday. Five...

At least 43 people were killed when a powerful earthquake triggered landslides, collapsed homes and smashed bridges across the central Philippines on Monday, authorities...

The death toll from killer floods in the Philippines rose to 1,249 on Tuesday, more than a week after the disaster struck, with officials...

The UN Thursday appealed for more than $28 million in aid to help victims of devastating floods that killed more than a thousand people...

The number of people killed in floods triggered by a storm in the southern Philippines has risen above 1,000, the civil defence chief told...

Tropical storm Washi whipped the southern Philippines, unleashing mammoth floods across vast areas that left 440 people dead and nearly 200 missing, relief workers...

A four-seater cargo plane crashed onto a crowded Philippine slum on Saturday, sparking a fire that killed 13 people and left five missing and...

Suspected Muslim rebels shot dead three soldiers and five rubber plantation workers Sunday in the latest bout of violence that has killed dozens in...