Manila
Nov 12, 2020 10:05
The typhoon passed north of Manila between Bulacan and Pampanga provinces, toppling trees and knocking out power. Officials had said previously that nearly 200,000 people had been evacuated, some of them forcibly, from vulnerable coastal and low-lying areas. read more
Oct 16, 2020 16:07
The investigation comes after infections were recorded among crew of Australia-bound bulk carriers Vega Dream and the Patricia Oldendorff read more
Aug 24, 2020 16:36
Sonu Sood is not just sending back migrants home and helping overseas students to return home, he is also inspiring common people to turn self reliant. read more
Aug 01, 2020 22:48
Why is humanity unable to produce inspirational and impactful leaders in this era of widespread knowledge and high learning? read more
Jul 25, 2020 18:53
Officials had reserved the stadium as a place to test people before transporting them back to their home provinces under a program to help people who had lost their jobs in the capital return to their families elsewhere. read more
Jun 14, 2020 02:22
How the exotic has found its way into dishes on the world’s most-celebrated menus read more
May 30, 2020 11:50
Cases of online child sex abuse in the Philippines have tripled under coronavirus, the government said, with campaigners warning that the country’s lockdown has left more children vulnerable to exploitation by human traffickers and cash-strapped relatives. read more
Mar 30, 2020 06:05
The plane was carrying six Filipino crew members and the American and Canadian passengers and was bound for Tokyo on a medical mission when it caught fire near the end of the main runway. read more
Mar 02, 2020 12:15
Mayor Francis Zamora of the Philippine capital’s San Juan area said the gunman shot one person at the V-Mall. The victim was in stable condition at a nearby hospital. read more
Jan 12, 2020 19:25
Thousands of people living near Taal volcano, a popular tourist attraction set in the centre of a picturesque lake, were evacuated from their homes as it spewed ash, rumbled with earthquakes and lightning exploded above its crest. read more
Nov 10, 2019 13:28
The Asiana Airlines’ Airbus 350 plane took off from Incheon in South Korea with about 310 passengers on board and landed in Manila after one of its engines failed, the spokesman said on Sunday. read more
Apr 03, 2019 19:09
The illicit payload found at a mail facility near Manila’s airport was the latest seizure in a nation that is a major source and transit point of wildlife trafficking. read more
Jan 30, 2019 20:44
Hackers stole $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank’s account with the US Federal Reserve in New York in February 2016. The money was then transferred to a Manila branch of Rizal Commercial Banking Corp, swiftly withdrawn and laundered through... read more
Jan 30, 2019 13:26
The 56-year old adventurer dubbed the “French spiderman” climbed the 47-storey GT Tower without safety equipment, leaving watchers on the ground staring in amazement. read more
Dec 31, 2018 11:23
Fifty-seven people died in the mountainous Bicol region, southeast of Manila, while 11 were killed in the central island of Samar, mostly due to landslides and drownings, the officials said. read more
