Tag: Philippines
Philippines records 9,838 new COVID-19 cases
The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) on Friday reported 9,838 new COVID-19 infections, the highest ever daily tally since the…
Nigerian man shot dead during drug bust shootout
A Nigerian man in the Philippines identified as Gabriel Onyechefula has been killed after a drug buy-bust operation by police…
Philippines, Japan ban flights from Britain
The Philippines and Japan on Wednesday joined a growing list of countries banning flights from Britain amid global concerns over…
President Duterte to destroy all confiscated drugs in Philippines
Philippines law enforcers are under orders to destroy all confiscated illegal drugs by next week, President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesperson said…
First Coronavirus death outside China, infections soar to 14,000
The first overseas death from the growing epidemic of a coronavirus that originated in China, has been confirmed as infections…
Typhoon Phanfone: 12 missing, over 28 killed in Philippines
The national disaster risk reduction office on Friday said over 28 people were killed in typhoon Phanfone’s onslaught in the…
Typhoon Phanfone kills 16 in Philippines
No fewer than 16 people were killed by a typhoon that swept across remote villages and popular tourist areas of…
9 dead, 100 hospitalised after consuming local liquor
Nine people died and more than 100 were hospitalised after drinking local liquor made from coconut sap in two separate…
6.9-magnitude quake hits southern Philippines
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 hit southern Philippines at 0611 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Truck falls, kills 15 in Philippines
Fifteen people were killed when the truck they were travelling on fell off a cliff in the southern Philippines on…
Militants kill 2 soldiers, 2-yr-old girl in southern Philippines
Two soldiers and a 2-year-old girl were killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants in the southern Philippines as…
“We are ready to defend our sovereignty,” Philippines warns China
The Philippine Defence Ministry on Thursday likened China’s presence in the disputed South China Sea to squatting and warned that…
Auto crash: 3 killed, 68 injured in Philippines
Three people were killed and almost 70 others injured when a tour bus collided with a truck in the Philippines,…
Measles kill 136 in the Philippines
The latest data from the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) on Monday said 8,443 cases of measles were reported and…
36 telecom fraudsters repatriated from the Philippines
A total of 36 telecom fraudsters have been returned from the Philippines to southern China’s Shenzhen on Wednesday.