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Nine killed as driver ploughs into Vancouver festival crowd
AFP, Published on 27/04/2025
» VANCOUVER - A driver killed at least nine people when he ploughed a vehicle through a crowd at a Filipino cultural celebration in Vancouver, police in the Canadian city said Sunday.
Philippines’ Duterte bound for ICC’s Hague jail with spiritual advisers and volleyball
Published on 13/03/2025
» Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will be trading his cozy countryside home for the sterile walls of the International Criminal Court’s detention centre, following his high-profile arrest as part of a probe into his deadly war on drugs.
Philippines arrests suspected Chinese spy, heating up tensions
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/01/2025
» MANILA — Philippine authorities arrested a Chinese national and two Filipino cohorts for alleged espionage, officials said on Monday, in a case that comes amid the nations' lingering geopolitical tensions.
‘Chinese spy mayor’ faces grilling in Philippines
Published on 07/09/2024
» A Philippine court has allowed a former small-town mayor to attend a Senate hearing on Monday about her alleged illegal activities linked to online casinos serving Chinese bettors, days after she was arrested in Indonesia.
Suspect in diamond necklace theft nabbed at airport
Published on 05/09/2024
» A Philippine man accused of stealing a 250,000-baht diamond necklace in Bangkok and then fleeing the country has been arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport on his return, five months after the crime.
Stretched US Navy eyes risky new waters in South China Sea
Published on 02/09/2024
» LONDON - As two US aircraft carrier battle groups patrolled the Indian Ocean this week in an explicit effort to deter Iran from striking Israel and sparking a major regional conflict, a very different military messaging effort was underway in a luxury conference centre in Manila.
Two Filipinos charged over transgender brawl
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/03/2024
» Police have charged two Filipino nationals with assaulting six Thai transgenders on Monday, which led to a brawl on Sukhumvit Soi 11/1.
More than 2,700 detained in Philippine trafficking crackdown
AFP, Published on 27/06/2023
» MANILA: Philippine authorities have detained more than 2,700 people during raids on several buildings in Manila where hundreds of trafficking victims were paid to recruit players for online games, police said on Tuesday.
3 arrested over killing of Philippine governor
Published on 05/03/2023
» Three people have been arrested over the murder of a Philippine provincial governor and eight others, authorities said Sunday, adding another suspect was killed in a shoot-out.
Philippine police officer jailed in rare drug war conviction
Published on 23/11/2022
» A Philippine police officer has been jailed for torturing two teenagers killed at the height of former president Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, court documents show, in a rare conviction of an enforcer of the crackdown.