Philippines

More than 150 dead or missing from massive flooding and landslides in the Philippines

4:16am October 28, 2024

Talisay, about 43 miles south of Manila, was one of several towns ravaged by Tropical Storm Trami, the deadliest of 11 storms to hit the Philippines this year.

A Filipino preacher on the run from sexual abuse charges surrenders

1:03am September 09, 2024

Apollo Quiboloy, accused of sexual abuse and human trafficking in the Philippines and similar charges in the United States, surrendered Sunday to authorities, officials said.

An aerial view taken on March 9, 2023, shows Thitu Island in the South China Sea.

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On a remote island, a test of wills between the Philippines and China

8:14am April 11, 2024

by Emily Feng

About 250 Filipinos live on Thitu Island, the largest and most inhabited island of the Spratlys, in the South China Sea. But Chinese ships are never far away.

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In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Chinese coast guard ship uses water cannons on Philippine navy-operated supply boat M/L Kalayaan as it approaches Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, in the disputed South China Sea on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023.

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Philippines says the Chinese coast guard attacked its vessels for a second day

11:15am December 10, 2023

by The Associated Press

Philippine officials said blasts from a high-pressure water cannon seriously endangered the lives of a supply boat's crew a day after a similar attack in another disputed area.

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7.6 magnitude quake strikes off southern Philippines, triggering tsunami warnings

1:46pm December 02, 2023

by The Associated Press

The powerful quake prompted many villagers to flee their homes in panic. Japanese authorities issued evacuation orders in parts of Okinawa. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

Arielle Jacobs and Jose Llana as Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos in the Broadway musical Here Lives Love.

I investigated the crimes of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos — and loved 'Here Lies Love'

7:01am November 25, 2023

by Lewis M. Simons

Journalist Lewis M. Simons, who won a Pulitzer Prize for investigating the hidden wealth of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, shares his thoughts after a sold-out Broadway matinee of Here Lies Love.

A policeman checks on the area where a radio anchor was fatally shot by a man inside his home-based station on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, in this handout photo provided by the Calamba Municipal Police Station. The brazen attack was witnessed by people watching the program live on Facebook.

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A Philippine radio anchor was shot and killed while on a Facebook livestream

11:50am November 05, 2023

by The Associated Press

Juan Jumalon was the 199th journalist to be killed in the country since 1986, when an uprising toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the current president's father.

In this image from a video released by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Filipino sailors, bottom, look after a Chinese coast guard ship with bow number 5203 bumps their supply boat as they approach Second Thomas Shoal, locally called Ayungin Shoal, at the disputed South China Sea on Sunday Oct. 22, 2023.

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Philippines says Chinese vessels hit two of its boats near disputed shoal

10:54pm October 22, 2023

by The Associated Press

A Chinese coast guard ship and one of its militia vessels separately bumped a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat Sunday off a disputed shoal, Philippine officials said.

Maria Ressa, 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Rappler CEO, gestures as she talks to reporters after being acquitted by the Pasig Regional Trial Court over a tax evasion case in Pasig city, Philippines on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023.

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Nobel-winning Philippine journalist Maria Ressa is acquitted in tax evasion case

11:02am September 12, 2023

by The Associated Press

Maria Ressa said the charges against her were politically motivated as Rappler was critical of Duterte's brutal crackdown on illegal drugs that left thousands of mostly petty drug suspects dead.

Taylor Sheesh, the Philippines' top Taylor Swift impersonator, has set out on her own tour across the country in a bid to get the global superstar's attention.

After snub by Taylor Swift, Filipino 'Swifties' find solace in another Taylor

4:44pm July 21, 2023

by Ashley Westerman

Taylor Sheesh, the Philippines' top Taylor Swift impersonator, has set out on her own tour across the country in a bid to get the global superstar's attention.