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Sacked policeman holds tourists hostage in Manila

A Filipino angry at being fired from the police was holding hostage 15 Hong Kong tourists and their driver on a bus in downtown Manila on Monday.

Deadly typhoon cuts power in Manila, aims at China

Parts of Manila may be without power until Friday after Typhoon Conson hit the Philippines’ main island of Luzon, killing at least 11 people.

Main suspect in Philippine massacre surrenders

The main suspect in the massacre of 57 people in an election-related feud in the southern Philippines surrendered on Thursday.

Philippines prepares rescue as rebel deadline passes

The Philippines imposed a state of emergency on Tuesday on Jolo island and troops prepared for a possible rescue of three Red Cross workers.

Rescuers search sea for Philippine ferry survivors

Rescuers scoured the rough seas around a capsized ferry in the central Philippines on Monday in a desperate search for more than 800 people.

Hundreds missing after typhoon capsizes ferry

A Philippine ferry with more than 700 people on board capsized during a typhoon and most are missing, officials said on Sunday.

Philippine mall bomb toll at nine

Philippine police confirmed on Saturday that military-grade explosives caused a powerful blast in an upscale Manila shopping mall and that they were reviewing security camera…

Blast kills eight, wounds many at Philippine mall

A bomb explosion in an upscale shopping mall in the Philippine capital, Manila, on Friday killed eight people and wounded more than 100, police and local officials said. Police…

Over 50 killed in Philippines fighting

Philippine troops shelled Muslim rebel positions and raked them with helicopter fire overnight on the southern island of Jolo after a day of intense fighting in which at least 58…

Fighting spreads in Philippines, 21 dead

Fighting between government forces and Muslim rebels is spreading in the southern Philippines, shattering hopes for peace and threatening local support for a United States-backed…

Gunmen seize school bus in Manila, 31 children held

Two armed men took over a bus in the Philippine capital Manila on Wednesday and were holding 31 nursery school children and two teachers hostage, apparently to highlight…

Typhoon Utor sweeps into Philippines

A typhoon swept into the central Philippines on Saturday, a day after it forced the government to hastily shelve a gathering of Asian leaders on a resort island south of the…

Typhoon triggers deadly landslides in Philippines

At least 388 people are confirmed dead and 96 missing after rivers of mud and volcanic ash triggered by Typhoon Durian swamped villages in the Philippines, the Red Cross said on…

Manila prepares for onslaught of typhoon

The 12-million residents of Philippine capital Manila are readying for a possible direct hit from a typhoon after the storm slammed into the country’s central region on…

Philippines may have disrupted Manila bomb plot

A Philippine army offensive against Muslim rebels on the remote south-western island of Jolo may have foiled a plan to launch bombings in the capital Manila, officials said on…