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Philippines seizes huge drugs stash, arrests Chinese
Associated Press, Published on 27/11/2019
» MANILA: Philippine police have arrested a suspected Chinese drug trafficker and seized from him one of this year's largest stashes of illegal drugs.
Philippines: Indonesia woman nabbed with drugs from Cambodia
Associated Press, Published on 07/10/2019
» MANILA: Philippine authorities say they've arrested an Indonesian woman who was carrying 54 million pesos (about 30 million baht) worth of illegal drugs in her carry-on bag from her flight from Cambodia, amid a crackdown on drug smuggling attempts.
Creepy cargo: Philippines seizes 757 tarantulas from Poland
Associated Press, Published on 03/04/2019
» MANILA: Philippine customs officials were astonished when they opened nicely gift-wrapped boxes of cookies and oatmeal flown in all the way from Poland and found a hair-raising contraband: hundreds of live tarantulas.
Over 1,500 turtles found inside luggage in Philippines
Associated Press, Published on 04/03/2019
» MANILA: Philippine authorities said Monday that they found more than 1,500 live exotic turtles stuffed inside luggage at Manila's airport.
Philippine island once called 'cesspool' reopens
Associated Press, Published on 26/10/2018
» BORACAY, Philippines: Boatloads of tourists sailed Friday to the Philippines' Boracay island, which officials reopened to visitors after a six-month closure to clean waters the president had called a "cesspool" due to years of overcrowding, partying and neglect.
Philippine navy chief relieved due to reported frigate row
Associated Press, Published on 19/12/2017
» MANILA: The Philippine navy chief has been relieved of his duties, reportedly because of differences with other security officials over a frigate deal, officials said Tuesday.
Philippine modernisation programme imperils jeepney
Associated Press, Published on 27/11/2017
» MANILA: The Philippines' iconic passenger jeepney, once regarded as Manila's “King of the Road”, is chugging toward change and uncertainty.
Philippine troops rescue abducted Catholic priest
Associated Press, Published on 17/09/2017
» MANILA: Philippine troops have rescued a Roman Catholic priest and another civilian who were among dozens of people abducted in May when hundreds of militants aligned with the Islamic State group laid siege on southern Marawi city, officials said Sunday.
Duterte refuses call to open his bank accounts to scrutiny
Associated Press, Published on 13/09/2017
» MANILA: The Philippine president refused a demand by his most vocal critic to publicly release details of his bank accounts to disprove allegations that he had large sums of undeclared money.
Philippine elections chief files criminal raps against wife
Associated Press, Published on 09/08/2017
» MANILA -- The Philippine elections chief filed criminal complaints Wednesday against his estranged wife, who has publicly accused him of amassing unexplained wealth and receiving commissions from a law firm whose clients include a company that provided vote-counting machines in last year's presidential polls.