投稿者: Agence France-Presse in Manila
Vice-president Sara Duterte is facing an investigation over her alleged threat to kill Ferdinand Marcos Jr The Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, has removed his vice-president, Sara Duterte, from the national security council (NSC) a month aft…
Manila alleges ‘harassment’ in past week, including deploying flares just 15 metres away from its aircraft in latest confrontation on strategic waterwaySouth China Sea: a visual guide to the key shoals, reefs and islandsThe Philippine government accuse…
Shopping mall ceiling collapse among reported damage after earthquake of 6.7 magnitude hits Mindanao regionThe death toll from a strong earthquake off the southern Philippines rose to five on Saturday as authorities reported more casualties across two …
Gerald Bantag behind killing of Percival Mabasa in Manila suburb last month, authorities claimPolice in the Philippines have accused the country’s prisons chief of ordering the killing of a prominent radio journalist whose death sparked international a…
Officials revise death toll after fast-moving waters sweep away entire families and damage almost 500 housesThe Philippines has significantly revised down the death toll from a tropical storm ravaging the country, saying only 45 people have been killed…
Veteran journalist and Philippines’ first Nobel peace prize winner faces lengthy jail sentenceThe Filipino Nobel peace prize winner Maria Ressa has lost her appeal against a conviction for cyber libel, her news website, Rappler, has said, in the latest…
Press groups and rights activists hail peace prize won by vocal critic of Philippine president Rodrigo DuterteVeteran Philippine journalist Maria Ressa has said her Nobel peace prize was for “all journalists around the world” as she vowed to continue h…
Ferdinand Marcos Jr tipped for alliance with Sara Duterte, outgoing president’s daughter, in 2022 electionThe son of the Philippines’ former dictator Ferdinand Marcos has announced he will run for president in the 2022 election.Ferdinand Marcos Jr, kno…
Frontrunners to succeed president Rodrigo Duterte in May vote include his daughter and Ferdinand Marcos’s son, with boxing star Manny Pacquia also in mix The Philippines’ election season has kicked off with TV celebrities, political scions and at least…
Law imposed two and a half years ago to try to stop Islamic State gaining presenceRodrigo Duterte will lift martial law in the southern Philippines by the end of the year, his spokesman has said, more than two years after it was imposed in an attempt t…
Infected pigs found in two towns near capital Manila, as country becomes latest to be hit by diseaseThe Philippines has reported its first cases of African swine fever, becoming the latest country hit by the disease that has killed pigs from Slovakia t…