Tag: Philippines
US shooter wired $100,000 to partner in Philippines: NBI
Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock transferred $100,000 to his girlfriend in the Philippines who travelled there last month, authorities in Manila said Wednesday, citing...
Philippine lawyers to file murder case against police in latest teen...
The death of 17-year-old Kian Loyd delos Santos stirred rare public outrage about President Rodrigo Duterte’s ferocious war on drugs, in which thousands of people have been killed.
Philippines’ Duterte says police can kill ‘idiots’ who resist arrest
Duterte unleashed the anti-drugs war after taking office in June last year following an election campaign in which he vowed to use deadly force to wipe out crime and drugs.
Uber to resume Philippine service ‘soon’ after fine
Uber to resume operations in Philippines ‘soon’Uber to resume Uber said Saturday it expects to resume operations in the Philippines "soon" after regulators agreed...
More than 150 inmates escape in Philippine jail raid
More than 150 inmates of a southern Philippine jail escaped when suspected Muslim rebels stormed the dilapidated facility in a pre-dawn raid on Wednesday,...
Christmas typhoon leaves four dead in Philippines
A powerful typhoon left at least four people dead and eight missing as it crossed the Philippine archipelago on Monday, spoiling the Christmas holidays...
Over 1,900 killed in ‘chilling’ Philippines war on drugs
More than 1,900 people, or about 36 per day, have been killed in a violent campaign against drugs in the Philippines since President Rodrigo...
Islamist militants in Philippines set deadline to execute foreign captives
Islamist militants in the Philippines on Friday announced a new deadline of April 25 for the execution of three foreign captives and a Filipino,...
Thousands flee deadly fighting in southern Philippines
At least six people have been killed and more than 20,000 displaced during a week of fighting between extremists and security forces in the...
Breakaway Muslim rebels kill nine people in southern Philippines
A breakaway Muslim rebel group killed nine civilians in the southern Philippines in a series of attacks on Christmas eve, officials said on Saturday,...
Death toll rises to 45 in storm-hit Philippines
The death toll from two storms which battered the Philippines rose to 45 Sunday as several towns remained under water and rain kept falling...
Govt wants 499 Pakistanis in Iraqi prisons returned
Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Friday that the Pakistani embassy in Iraq had been pursuing repatriation cases of...
Thousands flee as typhoon threatens northern Philippines, Taiwan
More than 2,000 people were fleeing their homes as Typhoon Noul approached the northern Philippines Sunday, triggering warnings of possible flash floods, landslides and...
Pope Francis begins mass with millions in Philippines
Pope Francis began celebrating mass with millions of people in the devoutly Catholic Philippines on Sunday, in one of the world’s biggest papal gatherings.
The...
Prison sex assault of girl, 8, fuels anger in Philippines
An eight-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in a toilet at a notorious Philippine prison, officials said Saturday, fuelling a national uproar over revelations that...
Homes flattened as typhoon roars through Philippines
A powerful, slow-moving typhoon ripped through the central Philippines on Sunday, bringing howling winds that flattened houses and toppled trees and power lines in...
Typhoon slams into Philippines, 1 million evacuated
A powerful typhoon roared into the eastern Philippines on Saturday, bringing lashing rain and strong winds that felled trees, ripped off tin roofs and...
