Manila-Tokyo defence pacts inked
JAPAN and the Philippines signed two defence pacts, including a deal allowing their forces to exchange supplies and services, with both countries seeking to strengthen security cooperation in response to rising regional tensions.
Cebu City placed under state of calamity
Cebu City has been placed under a state of calamity after the deadly collapse at the Binaliw landfill, which left many dead, injured and missing, while disrupting the city's waste disposal services.
A board game built for disaster
In a library in the Philippines, a dice rattles on the surface of a board before coming to a stop, putting one of its players straight into the path of a powerful typhoon.
Shifting trash threatens rescue efforts
Hard hat-wearing rescue workers and backhoes dug through rubble in search of survivors in the shadow of a mountain of garbage that buried dozens of landfill employees in the central Philippines, killing at least six.
‘Signs of life’ under trash mountain
Rescue workers searched for dozens of people buried under a mountain of garbage that collapsed at a landfill in the central Philippines, killing at least one.
Nazarene walk draws thousands
A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics joined an annual procession of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ in the Philippine capital with some using the gathering to express outrage over a corruption scandal involving influential legislators.
Volcano resuming activity
A series of mild eruptions at the country's most active volcano has prompted the evacuation of nearly 3,000 villagers from a danger zone on its foothills.
Volcano placed on Level 3 alert
State volcanologists raised the alert level of Mayon Volcano in Albay province on Luzon island to Alert Level 3, citing the "onset of dome collapse pyroclastic density current," the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.
Drug case acquittals due to poor police work
"Sloppy" police work and poor compliance with the rules on handling evidence resulted in acquittals for 284 drug cases in the first five months of 2025, some of them filed during the deadly anti-narcotics campaign waged by then-president Rodrigo Duterte
22 injured in New Year party attack
Twenty-two people were injured after two suspects on motorcycles lobbed a grenade at a roadside New Year's party venue in Barangay Dalapitan in Matalam, Cotabato.
