Philippines

Philippines : Super typhoon Noru slammed Luzon island in the Philippines with heavy rainfall and winds over the weekend, leaving eight people dead and three others missing, a government agency said on Tuesday. The National Disaster Risk…

Manila : The Philippines' Department of Health said on Tuesday that deaths from dengue fever have climbed to 400 this year as cases rose by 143 per cent from the same period last year.The Department has tallied 118,785 cases from January 1…

Philippines : Eight people were killed while six others injured when their van lost control and collided with an oncoming 10-wheeler truck along a highway in General Santos City in the southern Philippines, the police said. Police said…

Manila : The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) on Friday confirmed the detection of the first monkeypox case in the country.The DOH's officer-in-charge Undersecretary Beverly Lorraine Ho said the virus was detected in a 31-year-old…

Philippines : A 7-magnitude earthquake that rattled the main Luzon island in the Philippines on Wednesday morning killed at least four people and injured some 60 others, Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos said. In a…

Manila : A ferry with 124 passengers and 10 crew members on board caught fire on Monday while traveling to a town in Quezon province on the main Luzon island, leaving at least seven dead, a spokesperson for the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)…

Manila : The Philippines has detected the Covid-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.4 in a Filipino citizen who flew in from the Middle East earlier this month, the Department of Health (DOH) said.The DOH said the asymptomatic patient, who arrived in…

Manila : Amid ongoing voting to elect a new President of the Philippines, three people were killed and one injured during a shooting incident near a polling centre in Maguindanao province on Monday, the military said. The military said the…

Manila : At least eight people were killed in a fire that engulfed a residential area of the state university campus in Manila on Monday. Citing Bureau of Fire Protection officials, local radio DzBB said the victims were trapped in their…

Manila (Philippines) : Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu settled for the bronze medal after losing to reigning World champion Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the 2022 Badminton Asia Championships women's singles semi-final, here on Saturday.The…