Philippines

Super Typhoon Gani hit the Philippines on Sunday amid warnings from authorities. The typhoon is expected to create the most “catastrophic” situation in the region. More than 300,000 people have fled their homes. The state’s weather...

Coronavirus-wary animal owners in the Philippines had their pets blessed via a drive-through ceremony on Sunday to mark World Animal Day and the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. From a...

People in the Philippines are back in lockdown, after doctors warned a surge in new coronavirus cases could push the healthcare system to collapse. Stay-at-home orders are now in place the capital of the country and...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) these days approved a $200 million loan to support the Philippine government’s effort to supply emergency money subsidies to vulnerable households amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. High, sustained economic...

At least 11 people have been killed and more than 300 treated in hospital after drinking coconut wine in the Philippines, including some who were celebrating at a Christmas party, health and local authorities said on...

Philippine rescuers raced Tuesday to reach some two dozen people still feared buried under a building near Manila that collapsed a day earlier in a deadly earthquake, as a powerful second tremor hit the nation. The...

Some 1,500 live exotic turtles — some restrained with duct-tape — have been found inside an airline passenger’s luggage, Philippines authorities said Monday, as they vowed a crackdown on the lucrative wildlife trade. The Philippines is...

At least 18 people were killed on Sunday when two bombs hit a Catholic church on a southern Philippine island that is a stronghold of Islamist militants, the military said, days after voters backed Muslim self-rule...

The landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rains in the Philippines have caused 75 people dead and 16 others missing, the government disaster agency said on Tuesday. The Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management...

A crude bomb, blamed by security forces on a small pro-Islamic State militant group, killed two people and wounded dozens on Monday in the southern Philippines, an army commander said. Islamist militants operate in the south...