Former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos was buried with military honours at a heroes' cemetery in the capital Manila on Friday, almost 30 years after his death in Hawaii, amid protests by human rights groups.
Two people were killed and three others injured on Sunday in a hostage-taking incident inside a mall in a city outside the Philippine capital, a provincial police chief said.
Five people have been killed in the Philippines and tens of thousands have fled from floods caused by days of unrelenting rain, rescuers said on Sunday.
Protests took place on Sunday in Manila over Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's plans to honour the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos with a state burial.
Japan on Friday announced it is pouring a massive $2.4bn into a new railway in the Philippines aimed at easing Manila's notorious gridlock.
The remains of Ferdinand Marcos are one step closer to internment at the Philippines' Heroes' Cemetery after the defence secretary issued an order implementing a controversial move promised by the country's new president.
Bahrain's Gulf Air said on Friday that one of its aircraft suffered an engine failure shortly after take-off from the Philippines but landed again in Manila and all passengers onboard were safely evacuated.
Nine people were killed overnight in the Philippines, authorities said on Saturday, as police and suspected anti-drug gunmen pushed ahead with President Rodrigo Duterte's controversial war on crime.
Thirty ‘drug dealers’ have been killed since Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in as Philippine president on Thursday, police said ...
Two US aircraft carriers have started exercises in the Philippine Sea, defence officials said on Sunday, as Washington's close ally Manila faces growing pressure from Beijing in the South China Sea.
An exhibition at a Manila mall named after Muhammad Ali pays tribute to the former heavyweight champion who died last week by recalling his famous 1975 fight in the Philippines.
Philippine troops captured an Islamic militant training camp after a 10-day battle, officials said, as part of operations to clear insurgents from a remote jungle region.
