MANILA, Philippines (AP): The Philippine navy transported food and other supplies to a territorial ship outpost in a shoal in the South China Sea without any confrontation with Chinese forces guarding the disputed area, officials said Friday. The Philippine delivery of supplies and military personnel on Thursday to the Second Thomas Shoal was the third such...
MANILA (Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 hit Mindanao, Philippines at 0832 GMT on Monday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 8.06 degrees north latitude and 126.30 degrees east longitude. It did not trigger a tsunami alert, according to...
MANILA: Over 200 individuals were stranded in 11 Luzon ports due to the effects of Typhoon Leon (international name: Kong-rey) as of Tuesday (Oct 29) afternoon, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). The agency reported it monitored 224 stranded passengers, truck drivers, and cargo helpers in Southern Tagalog and Bicol ports from 8am to noon. Of...
MANILA (Bloomberg): Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s eldest son came to his father’s defence on Oct 22, saying Vice-President Sara Duterte “crossed the line” with her attacks as the feud between the nation’s biggest political clans escalates. Congressman Ferdinand Alexander Marcos said he can’t stay silent despite his father’s advice to refrain from making a statement...
MANILA: Seventeen members of an Islamic State-linked militant group have been sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping foreign and Filipino nationals in Malaysia nearly 25 years ago, the Philippine Justice Department said on Monday (Oct 21). In April 2000, members of the Abu Sayyaf group kidnapped at gunpoint 21 people from a holiday resort on...
MANILA (SCMP): Philippine police are hunting a Chinese suspect over a fatal shooting in Metro Manila that the country’s embassy has hinted may be linked to offshore gambling. According to The Philippine Star, the shooting occurred on Thursday in a hotpot restaurant in the Makati district. The victim – a 29-year-old Chinese man – was dining with...
MANILA (Reuters): Registration gets underway in the Philippines on Tuesday for one of the world's biggest midterm elections, headlined by what could be a bitter proxy battle between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and fiery predecessor Rodrigo Duterte. The May 2025 election will be a litmus test of Marcos' popularity and a chance to consolidate power and...
MANILA: Amid celebrities speaking up against sexual harassment, Kapuso Dustin Yu (pic) recounted his own experience of having suffered a policeman’s inappropriate behaviour while they were inside an MRT train. Yu first talked about the incident in a November 2023 interview, revealing he was only 18 years old when it transpired. “My first time to ride the...
Super Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit Asia this year, has left a path of destruction across southern China, Philippines and Vietnam. The storm wreaked havoc in northern Vietnam on September 7, triggering landslides and floods that have left over 65 people dead, and over 750 injured. As the affected cities cope with the aftermath of the calamity,...
MANILA: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is revising its policy to add non-common or private carriers to vessels that should undergo pre-departure inspection by October following the claim of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo (pic) that she left the Philippines on board boats, including a yacht, before going to Indonesia, where she was captured...
