Philippines

MANILA: The death toll from heavy rains and floods that devastated parts of the Philippines over the Christmas weekend has risen to 25, with 26 others still missing, the national disaster response agency said Wednesday. Nearly 400,000…

MANILA: The Philippines' police accused on Monday the country's prisons chief of ordering the killing of a prominent radio journalist, whose death sparked international alarm. Radio personality Percival Mabasa, 63, who went by the name "…

MANILA: Flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains in Philippines left at least 50 people dead, including in a hard-hit southern province where as many as 60 villagers are feared missing and buried in a huge mudslide laden…

MANILA: Severe Tropical Storm Nalgaeslammed into the Philippines on Saturday, after unleashing flash floods and landslides that left at least 72 people dead, officials said. Nalgae pounded the archipelago nation's main island of Luzon…

COTABATO, Philippines: At least 13 people died and five others were missing in flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains that swamped a southern Philippine province overnight, officials said Friday. Ten villagers drowned in…

MANILA: Philippines death toll due to Typhoon Rai mounted to 208 as on Monday with at least 52 missing. At least 52 people were still missing, as relief efforts continued following one of the deadliest typhoons to have struck the…

MANILA: The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year has surged to 208, the national police said Monday, making it one of the deadliest storms to hit the country in recent years. At least 239 people were…

MANILA: The governor of an island province in the central Philippines said Sunday at least 63 people died in the devastation wrought by Typhoon Rai in more than half of the towns that managed to contact him, bringing the death toll in…

MANILA: At least 75 people have been reported killed in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, official tallies showed Sunday, as efforts to deliver water and food to devastated islands ramped up. More than 300,000…

MANILA: A Philippine air force C-130 aircraft carrying troops crashed in a southern province Sunday after missing the runway and at least 40 people on board were rescued, the military chief said. Chief of Staff Gen. Cirilito Sobejana did…