Manila, September 27 (IANS) Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday signed into law a measure creating a master plan to boost employment in the Southeast Asian country.In an address, Marcos said
Manila, July 19 (IANS): The Philippines will not participate in the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to proceed with an investigation into former president Rodrigo Duterte administration's
Manila, June 18 (IANS) A ship carrying 120 people caught fire off the Philippine island of Bohol on Sunday and a coast guard vessel was deployed to rescue those onboard and try to extinguish the flames, coast g
Manila, September 26 (IANS): Four inmates were killed in a shootout on Sunday after they tried to escape from a prison in the Philippines' Surigao del Sur province, jail authorities said.
The Bureau of J
Manila, February 8 (IANS): An offshore earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted the Davao Oriental province of the Philippines on Monday morning, authorities said.
The Philippine Institute of Vol
Manila, January 23 (IANS): At least 13 people were killed, including a police officer, and four others injured on Saturday during a shootout in the Philippines' Maguindanao province, according to authoritie
MANILA, NOVEMBER 1 (Reuters): At least 10 people died and three others were missing after Typhoon Goni, the world's strongest typhoon this year, barrelled through the south of the Philippines' main
MANILA, October 31 (Reuters): Officials have evacuated almost a million residents in the southern part of the Philippines’ main island of Luzon as a category 5 storm - the world’s strongest this yea
MANILA, October 27 (Reuters): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he had ordered the justice ministry to launch a sweeping investigation into graft across all government agencies, con
GENEVA, October 7 (Reuters): The Philippines pledged on Wednesday to cooperate with the United Nations on human rights issues after U.N. investigators documented tens of thousands of killings in the s
GENEVA, September 22 (Reuters): U.N. rights experts and activists called on Tuesday for launching an international investigation into unlawful killings in the so-called war on drugs in the Philippines and
MANILA, September 19 (Reuters): Residents of the Philippines' capital on Saturday flocked to an artificial white sand beach that the government has transformed from a polluted stretch of shoreline to m
MANILA, September 16 (Reuters): From across the Philippines, they gathered to pray by Zoom.
They were praying to be allowed to leave: To be allowed to take up nursing jobs in countries where the coronavirus
MANILA, September 14 (Reuters): Experts described as dangerous and premature on Monday the Philippines' decision to cut the social distancing minimum to 30 centimetres (12 inches) on public transp
MANILA, September 13 (Reuters): The Philippines on Sunday deported a United States Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman in the Southeast Asian country in 2014, after he was granted an absolute p
MANILA, August 21 (Reuters): The Philippines has lodged a diplomatic protest over what it said was China's illegal confiscation of fish aggregating devices from Filipino fisherman in a disputed lagoon
MANILA, August 18 (Reuters): A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Philippines on Tuesday, killing at least one person and damaging roads and buildings including a hospital and a sports complex being used
MANILA, August 17 (Reuters): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday eased the strict coronavirus lockdown in and around the capital Manila as his government promised a "refreshed" approac
MANILA, August 11 (Reuters): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded Russia's efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and is willing to participate in trials, as he welcomed a supply offe
MANILA, August 3 (Reuters): The Philippines stock market tumbled on Monday after the government reimposed coronavirus lockdown measures in and around Manila in response to fresh outbreaks, dashing hopes of