カテゴリー: Philippines
Bahareh Zare Bahari was subject of Interpol arrest warrant after criticising regimeThe Philippine government has granted asylum to an Iranian former beauty queen and critic of the Iranian regime after she was stranded for four weeks in an airport.Bahar…
A former Iranian beauty queen has been stuck at Manila’s international airport since 17 October, when Iran issued an Interpol notice for her arrest. Bahareh Zare Bahari says she will be killed if she is sent back home and is seeking asylum in the Phili…
Leni Robredo says ‘if I can save even one innocent life’ from deadly Philippines crackdown it will be worth the political priceThe vice-president of the Philippines, Leni Robredo, has accepted President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer for her to play a lead ro…
Bahareh Zare Bahari is in limbo in Manila’s airport, saying Tehran wants her back to punish her for criticising regime A former Iranian beauty queen has spoken of the toll on her mental health as she enters her third week stranded in a Philippines airp…
World Organisation for Animal Health warns spread of disease has inflamed worldwide crisisAbout a quarter of the global pig population is expected to die as a result of an epidemic of African swine fever (ASF), according to the intergovernmental organi…
Bahareh Zare Bahari says she is being sought for praising critic of Tehran regimeA former Miss Iran has spent a week in a Philippines airport as she fights to claim asylum in the south-east Asian country, saying she fears execution in Iran on political…
Rodrigo Duterte, the 74-year-old president of the Philippines, was filmed riding his motorbike in the compound of the presidential palace in a video shared on social media by a senator. The leader later crashed, hurting his elbow and knee, but suffered…
Incident occurred when the 74-year-old president ‘reached for his shoe and fell off’Rodrigo Duterte, the 74-year-old president of the Philippines, has hurt his hip and suffered scratches in a motorcycle accident, senior aides have said.Duterte, whose h…
Oscar Albayalde denies allegations he profits from drug deals arranged by corrupt officers in 2013The chief of police in the Philippines has stepped down after facing historical accusations in the Senate that he protected officers who had resold confis…
Allan Hyrons, 70, and Filipina wife Wilma were taken by armed men on Friday night in Mindanao regionA British national and his Filipina wife have been abducted from a resort in the southern Philippines.Allan Arthur Hyrons, 70, and his wife Wilma Paglin…
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…
Jennifer Erin Talbot arrested at Manila airport after allegedly hiding newborn in sling bagAn American woman has been charged with human trafficking for allegedly attempting to smuggle an undocumented six-day-old baby out of the Philippines hidden in a…
Brandon Lee, dubbed an ‘enemy of the state’ on social media, is in a critical condition after the shooting in northern Ifugao provinceAn American human rights volunteer tagged an “enemy of the state” on social media in the Philippines has been shot fou…
Cases have gone up 98% after the government banned a vaccine widely blamed for causing the deaths of childrenAn outbreak of dengue fever in the Philippines has been declared a national epidemic after causing hundreds of deaths this year in the wake of …
Maria Ressa faces prison term if convicted under criminal cyberlibel lawMaria Ressa: everything you need to know about the Rappler editor A libel trial against the editor of Rappler, a Philippine news site critical of the regime of President Rodrigo Du…