Philippine capital braces for storm Nalgae, death toll cut to 45
Manila and nearby towns braced on Saturday for Tropical Storm Nalgae, which has killed 45 people, mostly because of landslides in southern provinces of the...
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Powerful 7.1 earthquake strikes north Philippines, four dead (Update 2)
A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the northern Philippine island of Luzon on Wednesday killing fourpeople, damaging buildings and sending strong tremors through the capital, Manila. Two people were killed in...
Filipino community marks independence day, take selfies with president
President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday attended an event with the Filipino community in Limassol to mark 124 years of independence of the Philippines from Spanish...
Boy reunited with Cypriot father 12 years after mother ran off with him to Philippines
The foreign ministry on Saturday said that a young man of Cypriot origin who had been residing in the Philippines for the past 12 years...
Protests break out as Philippines election returns a Marcos to presidency
The Philippines woke to a new but familiar political landscape on Tuesday, after an election triumph by Ferdinand Marcos Jr. paved the way for a once-unimaginable return...
Philippines flags ‘incursions’ by nearly 300 Chinese militia boats
The Philippines on Wednesday reported what it said were incursions into its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) by 287 maritime militia vessels from China, in a further sign...
Philippines evacuates nearly 1 million as world’s strongest 2020 typhoon approaches
Officials have evacuated almost a million residents in the southern part of the Philippines’ main island of Luzon as a category 5 storm – the...
Rumbling volcano shuts down Philippine capital (V)
Schools and businesses shut across the Philippine capital on Monday as a volcano belched clouds of ash across the city and seismologists warned an eruption...
Philippines warns of ‘explosive eruption’ as volcano spews ash
A volcano near the Philippines capital spewed ash up to 15 km (nine miles) into the sky on Sunday, prompting the evacuation of thousands of...
Strong quake in Philippines kills at least two, injures dozens
An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 sent people scrambling on Tuesday as it shook buildings and disrupted power supply in the central area of the Philippines’...
