Over 150,000 people are being evacuated in Philippines after Typhoon 'Vongfong' hit the country. The typhoon struck eastern Samar dumping heavy rains and blowing off roofs, and was blowing northwest toward the populous main northern island of Luzon, around noon local time on Thursday, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said.

Typhoon 'Vongfong' strikes Philippines, over 150,000 people being evacuated

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened a martial law-like crackdown to stop people flouting a virus lockdown in the nation's capital. Duterte spoke a day after authorities reported an upsurge of cars on Manila's roads, which have been nearly deserted since a sweeping lockdown was imposed a month ago on about half the country's 110 million people.

Philippines' Duterte threatens martial law-like virus crackdown

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte sparked a controversy in the country after he told security forces to "shoot" people who are found violating the lockdown measures.

'I'll send you to grave': Duterte tells security forces to shoot dead coronavirus lockdown violators

President of Philippines Rodrigo Duterte will be tested for the novel coronavirus despite not showing any symptoms, his spokesman Salvador Panelo said in a statement as two of his key government officials went into quarantine after they came into contact with an infected person.

Philippines President Duterte to undergo Covid-19 testing

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte plans to declare a nationwide public health emergency following confirmation of the country's first community transmission of the disease, the presidential aide said on Saturday.

Philippines' Duterte to declare public health emergency to combat coronavirus

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to end a pact key to annual war games with American troops if the US does not restore the travel visa of an official who oversaw his drug war.

Philippines President Duterte threatens to end US military pact

As tension is rising between the United States and Iran after the killing of Iranian's top military commander, Qasem Soleimani, the Philippines government is preparing to evacuate thousands of Filipinos working in the Middle East region.

Philippines prepares for 'evacuation' of citizens in Middle East

The Philippine government will take over the capital's water distribution services if the two largest water firms refuse to accept the terms of new contracts that will be offered to them, the presidential spokesman said on Tuesday.

Take it or leave it: Duterte on water distribution contract

The Philippines has banned two US lawmakers from visiting and will introduce tighter entry restrictions for US citizens should Washington enforce sanctions over the detention of a top government critic, the president's spokesman said on Friday.

Philippines bans two US senators, mulls new visa rules for Americans

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday challenged International Criminal Court to jail him or hang him over alleged extrajudicial killings in his war on drugs as he maintained his firm stand that he will not honour the court investigation.

Jail me, hang me: Philippines' Duterte firm he won't answer to International Court of Criminal

U2 frontman Bono said Tuesday there must be no compromise on human rights, in a rebuke of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ahead of the Irish rockers' first Manila concert.

Bono: 'No compromise' on human rights in the Philippines

Just hours after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced he would ban e-cigarette use, police were ordered on Wednesday to begin arresting people caught vaping in public and to confiscate the devices.

Arrests ordered in Philippines after enforcement of vaping ban

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed his main political rival, Leni Robredo, his "drugs tsar" after the opposition leader expressed alarm about the high death toll in his anti-narcotics campaign and said it needed a fresh approach.

Philippines' President Duterte picks top drug war critic Robredo as his 'drugs tsar'

The Philippines' police chief stepped down on Monday less than a month before his retirement after he was accused of involvement in "recycling" confiscated drugs, an allegation that could undermine the government's anti-narcotics campaign.

Top Philippine cop resigns after accusation of link to drug scandal

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has offered big bounties for hundreds of convicted murderers and rapists set free in a corrections bureau blunder and said he would be happier if they were caught dead rather than alive.

Preferably dead: President Duterte offers cash for the capture of freed Filipino felons

President Rodrigo Duterte will bring up territorial issues in his Beijing meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Philippines ambassador said on Thursday, as tensions rise over claims to the South China Sea.

President Duterte to bring up territorial issues with China during meeting with President Xi: Philippines ambassador

Thousands protested in the streets of Manila on July 22 as President Rodrigo Duterte launched a spirited defence of his relationship with China. Duterte insisted that his refusal to challenge China's maritime assertiveness was not capitulation, but avoidance of conflict.

Protests rage in Philippine capital as President Rodrigo Duterte defends China relationship

Eleven-year-old Jerry's crime was breaking curfew laws after fleeing violence at home. His punishment? Being sent to a youth detention centre, where he says he endured sexual abuse.

Children in Philippine youth homes face abuses 'worse than prison'

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared he will never be tried by an international court for mass killings in his war on drugs, and vowed no let-up in a crackdown that he said he was winning and would see through "to the very end".

'You must be stupid': Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he won't be tried by international court

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is "seriously considering" cutting his nation's diplomatic ties with Iceland after it spearheaded a UN resolution to probe his deadly drug war, the leader's spokesman said.

Philippines' Duterte mulls cutting Iceland ties over United Nation probe

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's narcotics crackdown has become a "systematic" campaign of killing, Amnesty International alleged on Monday, urging the United Nations to launch a probe into thousands of deaths.

Amnesty urges United Nation probe of 'systematic' Philippine drug war killings

China has rejected Philippine allegations that a Chinese fishing vessel abandoned 22 Filipinos after it sank their boat in the South China Sea, as pressure builds on President Rodrigo Duterte to take a tougher line.

China denies hit and run as pressure builds on Philippines' Duterte to speak up

The Philippines on Saturday rejected a call for an independent United Nations probe into Manila's alleged human rights violations, describing it as interference in the affairs of the Asian nation.

Philippines rejects call for United Nations probe in alleged human rights violations

The Philippines has started returning dozens of shipping containers full of trash to Canada after a long-running row over waste exports that has tested diplomatic ties amid threats from firebrand President Rodrigo Duterte.

Philippines sends trash back to Canada after Duterte escalates row

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