Tag: Philippines
More than 100 killed in Philippines tropical storm
More than 100 people are reported to have been killed as a tropical storm swept through the southern Philippines, with…
The boss is always right: Philippines drugs board chief quits
The head of Philippines’ narcotics control body has resigned after just five months in the job, the second successive official…
Philippines bans mandatory wearing of high heels in workplace
The Philippines’ labour department on Friday issued an order banning private companies from demanding female employees to wear high-heeled shoes…
HIV Infections Doubled In 6 Years – UNAIDS
UN says the number of new infections in the Philippines has over doubled in the past six years from an…
Philippines President To Correct Country’s Overdependence On U.S.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday vowed to “correct” the country’s overdependence on traditional partners such as the U.S. as…
Philippines Slams UN Envoy
The Philippines on Friday expressed disappointment that a UN envoy on extra-judicial killings visited the country without notifying the government.
26 Killed As Bus Plunges Into Ravine
The number of people who died on Tuesday when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in northern Philippines had…
Philippines Military Block Lawmakers Trip
The military on Friday blocked a group of lawmakers and security chiefs from visiting one of nine Philippine-held features in…
Philippines’ Duterte gives free contraceptives to women
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered government agencies to provide free contraceptives and other reproductive health services to 6 million…
Philippine’s jail break: More than 158 prisoners freed
Philippine government said over a 100 armed men with links to Muslim rebels stormed a prison in the southern Philippines…
Duterte wants daily executions in Philippines
Philippine Catholic leaders and rights groups on Monday condemned as “barbaric” President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to restore the death penalty…
Police detonates bomb near U.S. embassy
Philippine police on Monday conducted a controlled detonation of a homemade bomb found in a trash bin near the U.S.…
Philippines arrests 1,240 illegal Chinese workers
Philippine immigration officers have arrested 1,240 Chinese nationals suspected of working illegally in a province north of Manila, the authorities…
Alarm over proposed Philippine law to jail 9-year-olds
Children as young as nine could be jailed in the Philippines for certain crimes under a proposed law backed by…
Philippines impounds North Korean ship under UN sanctions
The Philippines said on Saturday it had impounded a North Korean vessel in response to tough new United Nations sanctions…