カテゴリー: Philippines
Covid death toll hits four-month high amid record case numbers in countries across south-east AsiaCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe more aggressive Delta variant of Covid-19, detected in the Philippines in mid-July, has sp…
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Filipino weightlifter becomes a national hero despite once facing accusations of plotting against president Rodrigo DuterteWeightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, one day after making history as the Philippines’ first ever Olympic gold medallist, took top billing i…
One person has died as officials struggle to provide adequate Covid-safe emergency shelter for nearly 15,000 residentsThousands of residents have fled flooded communities and swollen rivers in the Philippine capital, Manila, and outlying provinces afte…
President of the Philippines who revived his nation’s economy and fought corruptionA chain-smoking bachelor with a penchant for Coca-Cola and video games, Benigno Aquino III, who has died aged 61 of renal failure as a result of diabetes, attracted as m…
At least 45 people were killed and more than 50 injured when a Philippine military aircraft carrying troops crashed and burst into flames after missing the runway in the south of the country, officials have said. Ninety-two people, most of them recent …
The passenger death toll from the crash was 47, officials said, and three civilians on the ground were also killed All 96 passengers on the Philippine air force plane that crashed on Sunday have been accounted for, military chief Cirilito Sobejana has …
Known as Noynoy, he followed his mother Corazon Aquino into office and ruled for six yearsBenigno Aquino, former president of the Philippines and the son of two of the country’s most revered pro-democracy figures, has died aged 61.Aquino, who had renal…
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as the country battles one of Asia’s worst outbreaks, with a cumulative total of more than 1.3 million cases and 23,000 dea…
President says he is ‘exasperated’ by reports of vaccine hesitancy in the capital amid slow rolloutSee all our coronavirus coveragePresident Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as the Philip…
Police are accused of unlawfully killing thousands of civilians between 2016 and 2019 during drug crackdownThe international criminal court’s chief prosecutor has sought authorisation to open an investigation into crimes against humanity during the Phi…
My former nanny, Cleotilde Mercado, who has died aged 86, was part of my family for 47 years. She was a selfless and energetic individual who devoted her time to looking after others while supporting her family back home in the Philippines.Tilde was th…
Data reveals Nepal, Iran and South Africa among 19 countries most at risk of running out as surging Covid cases push supplies to limitCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDozens of countries are facing severe oxygen shortages bec…
Authorities accused of ‘blackmailing’ workers over plan to make vaccine a condition of getting a jobCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHong Kong’s government has sparked discrimination concerns over plans to force hundreds of t…