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Philippines

SE Asia 1 day ago

Indonesia denies ransom paid to release Abu Sayyaf hostage

Only two Indonesian hostages remain captives of the notorious Abu Sayyaf armed group in the southern...

SE Asia 2 days ago

Singapore urged to fix rules on hiring domestic workers to stop forced labor

Singapore must overhaul its rules and systems for the hiring of foreign domestic workers to put a st...

SE Asia 6 days ago

Facebook bans Philippine 'fake accounts' group followed by millions

Facebook says it has banned a Philippine digital marketing group which runs hundreds of pages across...

SE Asia 1 week ago

Death toll from Philippine storm, landslides climbs to 126

About 20 typhoons and storms batter the Philippines each year, killing hundreds of people.

SE Asia 2 weeks ago

Philippine storm death toll surges to 68

Fifty-seven people died in the mountainous Bicol region, southeast of Manila, while 11 were killed i...

Business 2 weeks ago

GoJek to start services in Singapore, Thailand, Philippines

GoJek plans to further expand into its target markets in ASEAN countries next year, continuing the g...

SE Asia 2 weeks ago

Tsunami feared after 6.9-magnitude quake strikes off southern Philippines: USGS

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday.

SE Asia 3 weeks ago

Philippine lawmaker shot dead at Christmas event

A Philippine congressman was gunned down at a Christmas celebration Saturday, police said, the lates...

People 4 weeks ago

George H.W. Bush secretly sponsored Filipino boy, letters reveal

To the boy in the Philippines, his American benefactor and source of kind letters and gifts was know...