300 die in Duterte drug war
Drug users and dealers are running scared in the Philippines. Source: Wikimedia
The Philippines’ new president Rodrigo Duterte's drugs crusade has killed an estimated 300...
Isis extends Mindanao grip: analysts
Islamic State appears to be on the rise on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao with up to 100 foreign fighters and a growing...
US warship returns to South China Sea
The USS Lassen. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
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Philippines allows travel-related businesses to reopen
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Masatsugu Asakawa is new ADB head
Masatsugu Asakawa is the new president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Asakawa, who is currently serving as a special advisor to Japan’s prime minister...
Philippines moves to end divorce ban
The Philippines, the only country apart from the Vatican to ban divorce, moved towards legalisation when the lower house passed legislation which would allow...
Manila casinos reel from attack
An arson attack by a gunman on a Manila casino has cast doubt over a fledgling gambling centre that enjoys state backing but has...
Duterte killed suspects in Davao
Rodrigo Duterte's speeches are never dull. Source: Wikimedia
The Philippines president, Rodrigo Duterte, has admitted he has killed criminal suspects to show the police how...
Philippines COVID cases break past one million
Coronavirus infections in the Philippines have breached the one-million mark as the country struggles to keep the virus outbreak at bay.
According to the Department...
UK aristocrat’s daughter killed
Rodrigo Duterte's children, from the left, Sebastian, Veronica, Sara and Paolo escort their father to his inauguration ceremony in June. Source: Wikimedia
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