Story Archive
2020-03-31
Governments must prepare for large-scale community transmission, WHO regional chief Takeshi Kasai says.
2020-03-30
Manila is on course to end the 1999 Visiting Forces Agreement.
2020-03-30
Philippines also approaves rapid test kits for virus, as death toll rises.
2020-03-30
Twin-engine jet was being used for COVID-19 response in the country, officials said.
2020-03-27
About 10,000 American, Filipino and Australian troops had been expected to join drill.
2020-03-26
Hospital officials raise concerns over senator’s hospital visit despite strict home quarantine protocols.
2020-03-25
Victim escaped to safety during a brief firefight, Philippine military officials say.
2020-03-24
China's assertive behavior in regional disputes continues despite the COVID-19 pandemic now commanding world attention.
2020-03-24
The deal follows the U.N. secretary-general’s call for warring parties to muzzle their weapons.
2020-03-23
Three Filipino doctors who treated infected patients were among the pandemic’s fatalities, officials say.
2020-03-19
Social distancing not viable in cramped makeshift shelters, authorities and residents say.
2020-03-13
Soldiers found the bodies during clearance operations after a military strike against BIFF combatants in Maguindanao.
2020-03-12
Economic fallout from the deadly pandemic grips Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.
2020-03-10
Rodrigo Duterte says senators cannot “compel” him to change his policy about the Visiting Forces Agreement.
2020-03-09
Manila schools will be closed beginning Tuesday as the number of coronavirus cases hits 20.