Filipino typhoon survivors sue Shell over climate change
- 11-Dec-2025
LONDON: Survivors of a deadly 2021 typhoon in the Philippines have filed a lawsuit against British oil giant Shell, seeking financial compensation for climate-related devastation, three NGOs supporting them said Thursday. Typhoon Rai struck the southern and central regions of the Philippines in December 2021, toppling power lines and trees and unleashing deadly floods that […]
Winds, rain lash Philippines as super typhoon nears
- 09-Nov-2025
MANILA, Philippines: Typhoon Fung-wong, a storm with a radius spanning nearly the entirety of the Philippines, reached super typhoon status on Sunday ahead of an expected late-night landfall. Catanduanes, a small island the state weather service said could take a “direct hit”, was already being lashed by wind and rain in the early morning, with […]
Philippines halts search for typhoon dead as huge new storm nears
- 08-Nov-2025
MANILA: Rescue work was suspended and preemptive evacuations began Saturday as Typhoon Fung-wong bore down on the Philippines, days after another storm killed at least 204 people. Fung-wong, expected to be a “super typhoon” before making landfall, bears a huge footprint, with a radius that could cover “almost the entire country,” a government meteorologist said. […]
At least 7 dead after Philippines hit by twin quakes, tsunami warning up
- 10-Oct-2025
MANILA: Two powerful offshore earthquakes struck off the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least seven people, while towns near the epicentre suffered structural damage and authorities warned of strong aftershocks. The first quake of magnitude 7.4, in waters off the town of Manay in the province of Davao Oriental, triggered a tsunami alert for […]
7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes off southern Philippines, tsunami warnings issued
- 10-Oct-2025
An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck offshore in the southern Philippines on Friday morning, the country’s seismology agency said, with tsunami warnings issued in several countries and people in nearby coastal areas urged to move to higher ground. The Phivolcs agency warned of damage and aftershocks from the strong quake, which struck in waters off […]
Death toll rises to 27 after powerful quake hits central Philippines
- 01-Oct-2025
The death toll from a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake in the central Philippines has risen to 27 with more than 140 people injured, and officials on Wednesday warned the numbers could climb further as rescuers access collapsed buildings. The earthquake struck off the coast of Bogo City in Cebu province in the central Visayas region just […]
Arrest tally grows after Philippine anti-corruption protest clashes
- 22-Sep-2025
MANILA: Police in the Philippine capital arrested more than 200 people during clashes with masked protesters that erupted on a day of largely peaceful anti-corruption demonstrations, a spokeswoman said Monday. At least 88 minors were among the initial count of 216 taken into custody Sunday as police deployed water cannons and deafening sirens against crowds […]
Philippines shuts schools, scraps flights as Typhoon Co-May nears
- 24-Jul-2025
MANILA: The Philippines shut down schools and cancelled flights Thursday as torrential rains driven by a typhoon and a separate tropical storm pounded the country’s northern island of Luzon. Typhoon Co-May, upgraded from a tropical storm overnight, follows days of monsoon rains that have killed at least 12 people and left another eight missing across […]
India expects $200 million missile deal with Philippines this year
- 13-Feb-2025
NEW DELHI: India expects to sell short-range missiles to the Philippines this year in a deal worth more than $200 million, Indian sources told Reuters, for New Delhi’s second major defence export contract with Manila as tension grows with China. The Akash missile system developed by India’s defence research body has drawn interest from the […]
Up to 300 Afghans arrive in Philippines for US visa processing
- 06-Jan-2025
MANILA: Up to 300 Afghans arrived in the Philippines on Monday on temporary stays while being processed for US resettlement, Philippine and US officials said. The Philippines and the United States signed an agreement last July allowing possibly hundreds of Afghans to stay in Manila while their US Special Immigrant visas were being processed. This […]