Tag: Philippines
Pakistani teachers leave for study tour in Philippines
A send-off reception was held for 15 Pakistani teachers traveling to Philippines for a study tour under Teacher Education Project funded by the U...
Philippines typhoon death toll tops 1,000
The death toll from a typhoon that devastated the southern Philippines earlier this month has topped 1,000 as hundreds more remain missing, the government...
Typhoon-hit Philippines appeals for help
The Philippines government and the United Nations are launching a $65m global appeal to help the victims of Typhoon Bopha that devastated the country’s...
Thousands flee as typhoon hits Philippines
Typhoon Bopha, the strongest tropical storm to hit the Philippines this year, has slammed into a southern island, killing at least six people, destroying...
Philippines hit by Typhoon Bopha
More than 40,000 people were moved into shelter as a powerful typhoon hits the southern Philippines on Tuesday, local officials said.
Typhoon Bopha made landfall...
Philippines protest China e-passport map
The Philippines has protested China’s depiction of its claims over the entire South China Sea in an image of a map printed on newly...
Philippines confirms 58th massacre victim
Philippine authorities said Wednesday that a 58th person was killed in the country's worst political massacre, after ruling that a journalist missing since the...
Indonesia take 2-1 Davis Cup lead over Philippines
Indonesia established a 2-1 lead over the Philippines in the second day of the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Zone Group II final in Jakarta after...
Philippines storm brings more floods, landslides
Four people were killed as another tropical storm swept across the Philippines on Wednesday, triggering landslides in the mountainous north and dumping more heavy...
In flooded Philippines, living and dead share shelter
As floods which have swamped parts of the Philippines and affected more than two million people extend into their second week, the dead and...
Philippines rushes aid as floods kill 66
Philippine authorities scrambled to provide food and other emergency provisions Saturday to more than two million people affected by widespread flooding, as the death...
Three dead in breakaway rebel attack in Philippines
A breakaway group of Muslim rebels used chainsaws to launch simultaneous attacks across 11 towns in the southern Philippines Monday, leaving at least three...
Philippine school bans Muslim hijab
A Catholic-run school in the southern Philippines has caused controversy by banning Muslim students from wearing the hijab headscarf. Mehol Sadain, who heads the...
One dead as storm lashes Philippines
At least one person was killed and millions were left without power Monday as Tropical Storm Saola brought heavy rains to large parts of...
Philippines captures top Qaeda linked militant
Philippine authorities have arrested a founding member of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group blamed for some of the worst terror attacks in the...
Solemn funeral for Philippines’ top comedian
The Philippines' top film and television actors and leading politicians joined hundreds of relatives and friends of the country's most popular comedian as his...
China’s expanding core
China is now engaged in bitter disputes with the Philippines over Scarborough Shoal and Japan over the Senkaku Islands, both located far beyond China’s...
