World Nov 10 Typhoon Fung-wong lashes Philippines, leaving 8 dead and 1.4 million displaced Typhoon Fung-wong has blown out of the northwestern Philippines after causing floods and landslides. The storm knocked out power to entire provinces, killed at least eight people, and displaced over 1.4 million.
World Nov 09 Super Typhoon Fung-wong slams into Philippines, killing 2 and displacing more than 1 million Super Typhoon Fung-wong slammed ashore on Sunday in the northeastern coast of the Philippines, where the massive storm had already left at least two people dead and forced more than a million people to evacuate from flood- and landslide-prone areas, officials said.
World Nov 05 Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves 114 dead, mainly in Philippine province still recovering from deadly quake Philippine officials said Thursday the death toll from widespread flooding and devastation caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi in the country’s central region has risen to at least 114 with 127 people reported missing, many of them in a hard-hit province still…
World Nov 04 At least 26 dead after Typhoon Kalmaegi hits Philippines Floodwaters trapped scores of people on their roofs and submerged cars.
World Nov 02 Canada and Philippines sign defense pact to boost drills, deter China’s aggression Canada and the Philippines, both staunch critics of China’s increasingly coercive actions in the disputed South China Sea, signed a key defense agreement on Sunday to boost combat drills and expand security alliances to deter aggression, officials said.
World Oct 10 Second earthquake follows deadly quake off southern Philippines Two powerful offshore earthquakes struck the same region in the southern Philippines hours apart on Friday with the first 7.4 magnitude temblor killing at least six people, setting off landslides and prompting evacuations of coastal areas nearby because of a…
World Sep 30 Strong earthquake in central Philippines kills at least 6 people and damages houses and buildings An offshore earthquake of magnitude 6.9 jolted the central Philippines and collapsed the walls of buildings late Tuesday, killing at least six people, injuring several more and sending residents scrambling out of homes into darkness as the intense shaking cut…
World Sep 22 Dozens arrested in clash with police near Philippine presidential palace Philippine police have arrested 49 people suspected of attacking officers in violent clashes near the president palace.
World Sep 22 Typhoon blowing by Philippines and Taiwan forces evacuations and closures The typhoon is forecast to remain in the South China Sea at least into Wednesday while passing south of Taiwan and Hong Kong before landfall on the Chinese mainland.
World Aug 30 China decries Taiwanese foreign minister’s visit to the Philippines Taiwan’s foreign minister has flown to the Philippines as head of a high-level delegation of investors, two senior Philippine officials said Saturday, prompting a protest from China and a warning to Manila “not to play with fire.”…