カテゴリー: Philippines
Drone footage published on social media shows thick ashfall from the Taal volcano covering buildings, roads and trees in Batangas province in the Philippines. Clouds of ash were blown more than 62 miles (100km) north of the volcano, reaching Manila and…
A video captured from a nearby home in Tagaytay City shows volcanic lightning and a thick ash column erupting from the Taal volcano in the Philippines. Flights have been suspended and thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate as the volcan…
Red-hot lava gushed out of the Taal volcano in the Philippines after a sudden eruption of ash and steam forced villagers to flee en masse and shut down offices and schools. Clouds of ash blew more than 60 miles north, reaching the capital, Manila, and …
Scientists warn ‘hazardous eruption’ imminent as offices, schools and airports closedLava has gushed out of a volcano in the Philippines after a sudden eruption of ash and steam that forced villagers to flee and shut down the country’s main airport, of…
Flights have been suspended and thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate as the volcano spewed ash up to nine miles into the sky, prompting a warning from the Philippines of an ‘explosive eruption’Philippines warns of ‘explosive eruption’ as T…
About 8,000 residents ordered to evacuate volcano island and other high-risk townsA volcano near the Philippines capital has spewed ash up to nine miles (15km) into the sky, prompting the evacuation of thousands of people, the cancellation of flights a…
Toll could rise as internet and mobile phone networks are still cut off in some badly damaged areasA typhoon that ripped across central Philippines on Christmas Day, uprooting houses, wreaking havoc in popular tourist areas and devastating festive cele…
People stranded in evacuation centres and at ports as Typhoon Phanfone passes over string of islandsTyphoon Phanfone has pummelled the central Philippines on Christmas Day, bringing a wet and miserable holiday season to millions. Thousands were strande…
Ampatuan family convicted over killing of 58 people in 2009 attack on political rivals Members of one of the Philippines’ most powerful political clans have been found guilty of a massacre that left 57 people dead in the country’s worst case of electio…
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…
Australian federal police say livestreaming of children performing sexual acts marks ‘alarming shift’ Australian paedophiles are paying as little as A$15 for children to perform sexual acts online while being filmed in the Philippines, according to the…
More than 200,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, say officials, after Typhoon Kammuri slammed into the central Philippines.The typhoon, the country’s 20th this year, brought winds of up to 124mph (200km/h) and caused flooding and landslid…
Philippines organisers admit ‘inconveniences’ have seen teams stranded at airports and players underfedThe organisers behind the Southeast Asian Games have apologised after complaints emerged of football teams sleeping on floors, airport delays and ath…
Allan and Wilma Hyrons found in Sulu province where they had been held by Isis affiliatesTroops in the Philippines have rescued a British national and his Filipina wife who were abducted by gunmen at a beach resort last month and taken to the jungle hi…
The Westpac bank scandal has brought the role of financial institutions in enabling child sexual abuse into sharp reliefOn 25 October plainclothes police barged through the red door of a family home in a dense neighbourhood in Rizal, a province two hou…