Philippine authorities started moving 200,000 people away from their homes in coastal and mountainous areas because of fears of flooding and landslides as a typhoon made landfall on Thursday,...
The first death from the coronavirus outside of China was reported on Sunday and the Beijing government took steps to shore up an economy hit by travel curbs and business shut-downs because of the epidemic.
A volcano near Manila spewed a massive cloud of ash that drifted across Manila, forcing the cancellation of flights and closure of schools and government offices as authorities warned of a possible "explosive eruption"
The Philippines will outlaw the use and importation of e-cigarettes and arrest anyone using them, its president said on Tuesday, joining a growing number of nations moving to ban devices that have...
Philippine lawmakers have introduced legislation based loosely on a popular Netflix political thriller called the 'Designated Survivor' to ensure the country has a president in the case of a constitutional leadership crisis.
A strong typhoon tore through the northern tip of the Philippines on Saturday packing winds of more than 200 kph (124 mph) along with torrential rain, killing three people and causing floods,...
A central Philippine province declared a state of calamity as a volcano spewed lava that reached the limits of a six-km radius no-go zone and spread ash on nearby farming villages.
A storm that battered the Philippines killing more than 230 people in floods and landslides lost its power as it passed over Vietnam where hundreds of thousands had taken cover.
Fire swept through a shopping mall in the Philippines killing at least 37 people, most of them workers at a call centre, city government officials said on Sunday.
A New Zealand police investigation led to the arrest of a couple in the Philippines after they were caught in the act of live-streaming the sexual abuse of their children.
The last event on Jacinda Ardern's programme at the East Asia Summit in Manila was a late night meeting with controversial president Rodrigo Duterte who had high praise for New Zealand.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrived in Manila last night for the East Asia Summit, where she will be mixing with almost the same crew she met at Apec in Vietnam.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte taunted the head of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Saturday, asking if he was a paedophile because of his focus on the killing of teenagers in the...
The Philippine capital's police chief ordered that the entire 1200-member police force in one of Manila's biggest areas be relieved of duty and retrained in response to a series of controversies.
At least 26 people died overnight in police operations in the Philippines capital Manila, authorities said, a second night of heavy bloodshed this week in an intensification of President Rodrigo Duterte's fierce war on drugs and crime.
At the beginning of the battle that has raged for the past 12 days in Marawi City at the southern end of the Philippines, dozens of Islamist militants stormed its prison, overwhelming the guards.
Police carried out killings in the Philippine city of Davao under the instruction of then mayor Rodrigo Duterte, the current president, according to a former policeman who said he was part of a ...
