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Lives of danger, poverty on Philippines' typhoon coast Life is a constant throw of the dice for farmer Nilo Dilao and other residents of the Philippine island of Samar, the ground zero for many of East Asia's deadliest storms.
20 December 2014
Rains lash disaster-weary Philippines as typhoon nears Heavy rain and strong winds began to hit the eastern Philippines ahead of a giant storm threatening more devastation to areas yet to recover from a super typhoon.
06 December 2014
Fear as typhoon bears down on Philippines Thousands of people in the Philippines sought shelter inmakeshift evacuation centresas monster Typhoon Hagupit bore down on the disaster-weary nation.
06 December 2014
Photo © Turar Kazangapov Golovkin beats Pacquiao and Mayweather in Best Boxer votes Gennady Golovkin has beaten Manny Pacquiao in the Fighter of the Year 2014 rating.
05 December 2014
Prayers, tears in Philippines one year after super typhoon Survivors of the strongest typhoon ever to hit land wept at mass graves during ceremonies to mark one year since the storm devastated the central Philippines
08 November 2014
Tropical storm flooding shuts down Philippine capital Heavy rains brought by the outer bands of Tropical Storm Fung-Wong shut down the Philippine capital Manila.
19 September 2014
Philippine airport bomb plotters planned anti-China attacks: govt Three men arrested over a foiled attempt to bomb the Philippine capital's airport were also planning to attack the Chinese embassy.
02 September 2014
Car bomb found at Philippines' main airport: authorities Four people were arrested after a bomb was found in a van parked at Manila's international airport, authorities said Monday.
01 September 2014
75 Philippine UN peacekeepers defy Syria rebels Dozens of heavily armed Philippine peacekeepers defied Syrian rebels in a Golan Heights standoff.
29 August 2014
Philippines to repatriate UN troops in Golan, Liberia The Philippines said it will repatriate over 400 of its troops serving as UN peacekeepers amid security threats and concerns over the Ebola virus.
23 August 2014
Ultra-rare crocs survive in Philippine 'Noah's Ark' A chorus of chirps filled the room as one of the Philippines' top crocodile breeders checked on his wards in an overcrowded 'Noah's Ark' .
15 August 2014
Philippine leader says may seek controversial second term Philippine President Benigno Aquino has said he may try to change the constitution and serve a second term in office.
14 August 2014
©Reuters/Erik De Castro Muslim rebel attacks kill 18 in Philippines: military An escalation of fighting between the Philippine army and a breakaway Muslim rebel group in the country's south killed 18 people in a single day of violence, the military said.
22 July 2014
Philippine sect opens 'world's largest indoor arena' Philippine President Benigno Aquino presided over the opening on Monday of what is billed as the world's largest indoor stadium, erected by a politically-influential religious sect.
21 July 2014
Typhoon power woes in Philippines as death toll hits 38 Millions of people in the Philippines endured a second sweltering day without power on Thursday after a ferocious typhoon paralysed the capital and wrecked flimsy rural homes, claiming at least 38 lives.
18 July 2014
Deadly typhoon shuts down Philippine capital Typhoon Rammasun shut down the Philippine capital on Wednesday as authorities said the first major storm of the country's brutal rainy season claimed at least four lives and forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate.
16 July 2014
©Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji World Cup boosts TV sales in football-mad Southeast Asia Sales of flat panel televisions across Southeast Asia rose sharply in May as demand soared in the football-crazy region ahead of the World Cup, a report said.
10 July 2014
©Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa Saudi MERS: Philippines urges its Muslims to abort Hajj The Philippines urged its large Muslim minority to reconsider plans to join pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia this year due to a deadly virus outbreak there.
03 July 2014
Gao Huayun. ©Reuters Kidnapped Chinese, Filippino rescued in Malaysia A Chinese tourist and a Filippino worker have been rescued nearly two months after they were abducted from a Malaysian dive resort, Prime Minister Najib Razak said.
31 May 2014
©Reuters/Lee Jae-Won South Korea's Kumho to upgrade Philippine airport A South Korean firm has won an $82.9-million contract to upgrade an airport at one of the Philippines' hottest tourist destinations, authorities said.
20 May 2014

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