カテゴリー: Philippines
Report says crackdown appears to have resulted in systematic extrajudicial killingsTens of thousands of people may have been killed during Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs in the Philippines, according to a damning UN report that warns of “persistent imp…
A summary of the biggest developments in the global coronavirus outbreakFollow our latest coronavirus blog for live news and updatesResidents in Manila will see their lockdown – one of the toughest and longest in the world – ease from Monday, despite t…
Country reverses easing plans; Philippines residents to enjoy free movement as daily infections pass 500; Mumbai’s hospital close to collapseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSouth Korea has postponed the planned reopenin…
Indonesian capital shuts entertainment venues to prevent spread and cases spike in Thailand and Cambodia Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than 670 Filipino health workers have been quarantined over fears they were expose…
South-east Asian countries impose restrictions as doubt cast on warm weather theory Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMillions of people in the Philippines were left confined after the introduction of surprise quarantine measu…
Companies offer incentives to try to tempt workers from Philippines and elsewhere amid high demandMiko Coner Galeng has spent the last month and a half undergoing a crash course of quintessentially German skills and virtues: pünktlichkeit, the art of b…
Hundreds of Filipino couples participated in a mass wedding wearing face masks because of coronavirus fears. As part of efforts to prevent the spread of the virus, officials in the city of Bacolod conducted health tests and provided the 220 couples wit…
President disapproves of alliance and made decision after ally’s visa was rescindedRodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines, has given formal notice to the US of his decision to scrap a bilateral agreement covering visiting American troops, fo…
Action against ABS-CBN denounced as worst attack yet on press by Rodrigo DuterteActivists and media organisations in the Philippines have denounced Rodrigo Duterte’s government after its lawyers moved to strip the nation’s biggest media group of its fr…
Action against ABS-CBN denounced as worst attack yet on press by Rodrigo DuterteActivists and media organisations in the Philippines have denounced Rodrigo Duterte’s government after its lawyers moved to strip the nation’s biggest media group of its fr…
Woman, 38, who travelled with the only victim to die outside China and Hong Kong, is no longer infectious, says doctorThe first case of novel coronavirus in the Philippines – a Chinese tourist from Wuhan who had been travelling with a man who died of t…
Justice department says 13 other police officers will also be charged with corruption and drug offencesThe former chief police enforcer of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drugs will be charged with corruption for allegedly protecti…
The eruption of Taal volcano near Manila spewed lava into the sky, leaving villages blanketed by heavy ash. The falling ash pushed aviation officials to temporarily shut down the capital’s main airport, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights …
Thousands of people have fled the area surrounding Taal volcano in the Philippines, which has been erupting since Sunday. It has ejected ash up to 15km into the sky and has generated bursts of lightning within its ash cloudTaal volcano eruption: P…