Philippines
Former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his running mate, Davao City Mayor and presidential daughter Sara Duterte, took a commanding lead in the partial and unofficial tally of votes cast in Monday’s elections, the numbers reflecting their..
Eight people have died, including six children, after a fire tore through scores of homes near the Philippines capital Manila, local officials have said. The blaze, which started around 05:00 local time on Monday (22:00 BST on Sunday), also destro..
The Philippines on Monday started giving second COVID-19 booster doses for immunocompromised adults, joining a growing number Asian countries offering a fourth vaccine shot. Nearly 61% of the Philippines' 110 million population have been vacci..
The Embassy of the Philippines in Qatar warned the Filipino community against election misconduct and asked to report any individuals or individual parties on the premature announcement of exit poll results. Premature announcements of exit poll re..
Rescue teams in the Philippines faced a race against time on Tuesday in the search for 28 people missing and feared dead, after tropical storm Megi unleashed heavy rains and deadly landslides in southern and eastern areas of the country. National ..
Infrastructure development, job creation and drive against crime ramped up in his watch Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s six-year watch ends on June 30, 2022. On May 9, more than 67 million Filipinos will pick his successor. Real-time ..
Police found the lifeless body of the two inside their hotel room on March 21 Two tourists were found dead in the world-famous Boracay island, Philippine police said Tuesday (March 22, 2022). The lifeless body of the two visitors — includ..
A powerful earthquake struck off the Philippines’ main island Monday, jolting buildings in the capital Manila, but there were no immediate reports of damage and a tsunami warning was not issued. The shallow 6.4-magnitude quake hit about 110 ..
Qatar and the Philippines have signed an agreement for setting up a $500m integrated dairy facility in the Philippines. The Philippines’ Departments of Agriculture (DA) and Trade Industry (DTI) partnered with Baladna Qatar Public Shareholdin..