Taal’s last disastrous eruption, in 1965, killed hundreds of people. It is the second-most restive of about two dozen active volcanoes in the Philippines. Consequently it...
President Rodrigo Duterte has banned two Democrat Senators from visiting the Philippines and will introduce tighter restrictions for US citizens. Should Washington enforce sanctions over the...
Typhoon Phanfone that barreled through the central Philippines left at least 28 dead and 12 missing. The typhoon forced thousands to flee their homes, devastating Christmas...
The typhoon struck the southern tip of the impoverished island of Samar in the afternoon. With winds up to 150 kilometres an hour. The winds snapped...
MANILA – Two strong earthquakes hours apart struck a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines early Saturday. The earthquakes...
BANGKOK – The leader of Thailand’s Liberal Party, Pol. Gen. Sereepisuth Temeeyaves, has insisted that his political party had no involvement in the illicit drug trade...
BANGKOK – Greenpeace Southeast Asia and other environmentalists have called on Asean member states to go beyond a narrow focus in solving the problem of marine...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Deputy Police Chief Chalermkiat Srivorakhan said at a media briefing on Sunday that Narcotics suppression police have arrested two Chinese and two Thai...
JOLO, Philippines – In one of the deadliest bomb attacks to strike the southern Philippines in years, 18 people were killed Sunday when a double...
BICOL – The death toll from a storm that struck the Philippines shortly after Christmas rose to 68 with the number of fatalities expected to...
MANILA – Philippine prosecutors said on Friday (Nov 9) they will file tax evasion charges against a news website that has clashed with President Rodrigo Duterte,...
As other Southeast Asian countries saw their positions unchanged or up in a survey of expats, Thailand and the Philippines went in the opposition direction. This...
MANILA – The Philippine’s Bureau of Immigration (BI) has denied the request of Australian missionary Sister Patricia Fox for an extension of her missionary visa. In...
TUGUEGARAO, Philippines – Typhoon Mangkhut killed at least 25 people in the Philippines as it smashed homes and left behind torrents of floodwater, and is...
MANILA – Typhoon Mangkhut tore across the northern tip of the Philippines on Saturday, killing at least twelve people, wrecking homes and triggering landslides before heading...
MANILA – The Philippines braced early Friday for the onslaught of Super-Typhoon Mangkhut, whose 240kph (150 mph) winds were on a path for a direct...
MANILA – Criminal charges have been filed against 43 Muslim militants from two armed groups linked to the Islamic State group for two bomb attacks...
A recently released expat survey suggests Thailand’s popularity with Western expats is crashing. The Thai Visa survey focused on expat residents across Thailand, coming up with...
MANILA – A former US Army sniper and two other ex-American soldiers were convicted Wednesday in the contract killing of a real estate agent in the...
– MANILA – A Philippine court has sentenced an Australian man to life imprisonment after finding him guilty on human trafficking and child pornography charges. Drew...
