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6.7-magnitude quake strikes Philippines
Reuters, Published on 11/07/2024
» MINDANAO - A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Mindanao, Philippines, on Thursday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
Israeli defence firm woos Philippines
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/09/2024
» One of Israel’s major defence companies aims to clinch contracts under the Philippines’ ambitious military upgrade to bolster the country’s defences in the disputed South China Sea.
VP’s assassination comment rattles Philippines
Reuters, Published on 23/11/2024
» MANILA - Philippine security agencies stepped up safety protocols on Saturday after Vice President Sara Duterte said she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she herself were killed.
Philippines defends US missile deployment
Reuters, Published on 24/12/2024
» MANILA - The Philippines’ defence minister on Tuesday justified the country’s deployment of a US medium-range missile system and plans to acquire its own, despite opposition from China, a longstanding rival in the South China Sea.
Philippines to suspend rice imports
Reuters, Published on 06/08/2025
» MANILA — The Philippines, among the world's largest buyers of rice, will suspend rice imports for 60 days from Sept 1 to protect local farmers impacted by falling prices during the harvest season, the government said on Wednesday.
Powerful quake jolts central Philippines
AFP, Published on 30/09/2025
» A 6.9-magnitude quake struck off the coast of central Philippines on Tuesday evening, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
Powerful earthquake strikes southern Philippines
New York Times, Published on 10/10/2025
» DAVAO — A powerful earthquake struck Friday morning off the eastern coast of Mindanao, a southern island in the Philippines, and triggered a tsunami warning.
Covid continues march across Philippines, Indonesia
Reuters and online reporters, Published on 13/09/2020
» JAKARTA/MANILA: While cases of Covid-19 remained under control in Thailand with just seven new infections – all imported – logged on Sunday, the virus continued to ravage Indonesia and the Philippines, with both Southeast Asian neighbours logging more than 3,000 new cases and more than 70 deaths.
Stranded Zimbabwean family heads to Philippines
News, Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 25/01/2018
» A Zimbabwean family stranded at Suvarnabhumi airport for months has left Thailand for the Philippines.
Philippines opposes China naming undersea features
Reuters, Published on 14/02/2018
» MANILA/BEIJING (Reuters) - The Philippines on Wednesday said it would oppose what it said were attempts by Beijing to formally assign Chinese names to undersea features on part of Manila’s continental shelf on its Pacific Ocean coast.