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Ex-Filipino Prez Duterte held at Manila airport
Duterte was arrested after arriving from Hong Kong and police took him into custody on orders of the ICC, which has been investigating the massive killings that happened under the former president’s deadly crackdown against illegal drugs
12 March,2025 09:32 AM IST | Manila | Agencies
Tourist dies after shark attack in the Philippines
Four Russian tourists travelled to the waters off Verde Island with a Filipino dive instructor. The five were swept away by strong undercurrents.
01 March,2025 08:29 AM IST | Manila | Agencies
Philippine village offers bounties on mosquitoes
An village of more than 100,000 residents, Addition Hills has done clean-ups, canal de-clogging and a hygiene campaign to combat dengue
20 February,2025 07:24 AM IST | Manila | Agencies
Philippine VP Duterte impeached by House
The vice president, and her father have been politically at odds with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his camp, including a majority of House legislators.
06 February,2025 08:38 AM IST | Manila | Agencies
Another typhoon lashes the Philippines
The country’s weather agency warned of a “potentially catastrophic and life-threatening situation” in provinces along its path
18 November,2024 08:01 AM IST | Manila | Agencies
OpenAI’s next big AI model to release soon
An OpenAI executive has claimed that Orion is up to 100 times more powerful than GPT-4
26 October,2024 08:17 AM IST | Manila | Agencies
Storm triggers deadly floods and landslides in the Philippines, killing 9
A landslide in Antipolo, Rizal province, killed three persons, including a pregnant woman, when it hit two shanties. Four more citizens drowned in flooded streams, disaster mitigation officer Enrilito Bernardo Jr said.
02 September,2024 03:05 PM IST | Manila | mid-day online correspondent
Philippines to process Afghans resettling in US
The Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila said the agreement was undergoing final domestic procedures and needs to be finally ratified by Marcos before it takes effect.
21 August,2024 07:35 AM IST | Manila | Agencies
China, Philippines trade blame after their ships collide in disputed waters
Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships collided at sea, damaging at least two boats, in an encounter on Monday near a new flashpoint in their increasingly alarming confrontations in the disputed South China Sea. Both blamed the other for the collision near Sabina Shoal, a disputed atoll in the Spratly Islands
19 August,2024 12:19 PM IST | Taipei | mid-day online correspondent
Philippine Navy peacefully sails to disputed shoal in South China Sea
The strategic site has seen violent clashes between the two nations for years
28 July,2024 07:18 AM IST | Manila | Agencies