Tag: Philippines
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Catholics pray for good health and peace in huge procession venerating Jesus statue
Hundreds of thousands of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched yesterday in an annual procession in the Philippines that venerates a centuries-old black statue of Jesus. Some ... -
Beijing says Philippine plan to deploy midrange missiles would be ‘extremely irresponsible’
China said a plan by the Philippines to deploy midrange missiles would be a provocative move that stokes regional tensions. The Philippines top army official told ... -
Woman on death row recalls a stunning last minute reprieve and ‘miracle’ transfer
Filipino death row inmate Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso knelt to pray when officers came to take her to an execution site in May 2015, just a ... -
Mass evacuation of Philippine villages underway after volcanic eruption
About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region yesterday a day after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and superhot ... -
Philippines says Chinese coast guard fired water cannons, sideswiped its patrol vessel
Chinese coast guard vessels backed by navy ships fired powerful water cannons and blocked and sideswiped a Philippine patrol vessel yesterday at a disputed shoal in ... -
Impeachment complaint filed against VP Sara Duterte after she threatened president
An impeachment complaint was filed yesterday against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, who is facing a legal storm over a death threat she made against the ... -
Philippine navy shadows Russian submarine spotted in the South China Sea
The Philippine military deployed a navy ship and air force planes to shadow a Russian submarine, which passed through the South China Sea off the country’s ... -
Police file criminal complaints against VP Sara Duterte and her security aides
Philippine police officials yesterday filed criminal complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte and her security staff for allegedly assaulting authorities and disobeying orders in a recent ... -
Vice president publicly threatens to have the president assassinated
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she ... -
Manila and Washington sign a pact to secure shared military intelligence and weapons technology
The United States and the Philippines signed an agreement yesterday to secure the exchange of highly confidential military intelligence and technology in key weapons the U.S. ... -
Typhoon Man-yi leaves seven dead, worsens crisis from back-to-back storms
Typhoon Man-yi left at least seven people dead in a landslide, destroyed houses and displaced large numbers of villagers before blowing away from the northern Philippines, ... -
Latest typhoon strikes, causing tidal surges and displacing massive numbers of people
A powerful typhoon wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it cut across the ... -
Strong typhoon prompts more evacuations, the fifth major storm to hit in three weeks
The fifth major storm in three weeks slammed into the northeastern Philippines yesterday, prompting more largescale evacuations and a United Nations call for emergency funds to ... -
China holds combat drills at a disputed shoal west of the Philippines
China held sea and air combat drills yesterday at disputed Scarborough Shoal, an uninhabited area of reefs and rocks it had seized from the Philippines in ... -
Defense secretary doesn’t expect Trump will demand payment for protection
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said yesterday that he didn’t expect President-elect Donald Trump’s next administration would demand that the Philippines pay more for military protection ... -
Storm-weary country forcibly evacuates thousands as another typhoon hits
A new typhoon barreled across an agricultural region in the northeastern Philippines yesterday after thousands were evacuated to safety while still struggling to recover from the ... -
President angers China with new laws to demarcate South China Sea territories
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed two laws on Friday reaffirming the extent of his country’s maritime territories and right to resources, including in the South ... -
Strong typhoon threatens a northern region still recovering from back-to-back storms
A strong typhoon was forecast to hit the northern Philippines yesterday, prompting a new round of evacuations in a region still recovering from back-to-back storms a ... -
Former President Duterte says he kept a ‘death squad’ as mayor to kill criminals
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told a Senate inquiry yesterday that he had maintained a “death squad” of gangsters to kill other criminals when he was ... -
At least 126 dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides
The number of dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides wrought by Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines has reached nearly 130 and the president ... -
Tropical storm leaves at least 24 dead in flooding and landslides
Widespread flooding and landslides set off by a tropical storm in the northeastern Philippines yesterday left at least 24 people dead, swept away cars and prompted ... -
Storm-triggered floods spark frantic calls to rescue trapped people
Torrential rain set off by an approaching tropical storm swamped eastern Philippine cities and towns overnight in widespread flooding that trapped people, some on their roofs, ... -
Philippines, South Korea deepen security cooperation, elevating ties to a strategic partnership
South Korea and the Philippines, each faced by increasingly hostile rival nations, elevated their ties to a strategic partnership on Monday, including broader defense and security ... -
A powerful typhoon is lashing northern islands
A powerful typhoon was lashing the northernmost islands of the Philippines yesterday, prompting officials to evacuate villagers, shut down schools and inter-island ferries and warn of ... -
Senator says China should do more to help fight cybercrime gangs
China should do more to battle the illegal online gambling and scam call centers run by Chinese criminal syndicates in Southeast Asian countries often using forced ... -
Police arrest a fugitive Filipino ex-town mayor wanted for illegal online gaming scams
A dismissed town mayor who fled the Philippines after being accused of helping establish an illegal online gaming and scam center catering mostly to clients in ... -
Philippines should face up to reality, give up illusions, and act responsibly
Despite the outcry by Manila to the contrary — and the biased and politically motivated support it has received to give credence to its rumpus — ... -
Chinese group proposes Greater Manila Bay Area
On The Agenda Chinese businessmen have proposed the development of a business district around Manila Bay, modeled after the successful Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. This ... -
Philippine defense chief calls for ‘stronger censure’ over China’s actions
The Philippine defense chief said yesterday that China is “the biggest disruptor” of peace in Southeast Asia and called for stronger international censure over its “aggression ... -
Philippines says flares fired from a Chinese island base threatened its fisheries plane
A Philippine fisheries bureau plane was threatened by flares fired from a Chinese island base while conducting a routine patrol in the South China Sea, Philippine ... -
Hundreds of police raid a religious compound in search of preacher wanted for child abuse
Hundreds of police officers backed by riot squads raided a vast religious compound in a southern Philippine city Saturday in search of a local preacher accused ... -
Philippines encouraged to pursue tech collaborations in Southern China
On the Agenda The Board of Investments (BoI) has emphasized the need for the Philippines to explore potential partnerships in technology and innovation with companies in ... -
Philippines hosts US visa processing center for up to 300 Afghans resettling in America
The Philippines has agreed to a request by the United States to temporarily host a U.S. immigrant visa processing center for a limited number of Afghan ... -
Chinese and Philippine ships collide again and countries trade blame
Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships collided at sea, damaging at least two vessels, in an encounter early yesterday near a new flashpoint in their increasingly ... -
Philippines says China was ‘dramatically’ alarmed over US missile system
China expressed its “very dramatic” alarm over a mid-range missile system that the U.S. military recently deployed to the Philippines, and warned it could destabilize the ...
