Families urge Philippines to work with ICC on ‘drug war’ probe

Manila, Philippines – Families of the victims of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal “drug war”…

Search on for sunken Philippine tanker leaking industrial fuel

Authorities in the Philippines are racing to find and secure a sunken tanker ship loaded with…

Philippines’ Marcos Jr urges military to focus on South China Sea

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has said his country’s military must urgently focus on the protection…

Unbeaten, unbowed: Leila de Lima marks six years in detention

Manila, Philippines – For the past six years, Leila de Lima has been detained in the…

Rescuers in high-risk volcano search for crashed Philippine plane

Rescue workers in the Philippines are climbing an active volcano in a “very risky operation” to…

Manila accuses China of ‘dangerous’ manoeuvres in South China Sea

The Philippines has accused China of trying to prevent its coastguard from resupplying a contingent deployed…

Philippines set to allow wider US access to military bases

The United States and the Philippines are expected to announce a deal to allow US troops…

ICC to resume investigation into Philippines’s deadly drug war

The International Criminal Court has said it will reopen its investigation into possible “crimes against humanity”…

Philippines’s Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion

Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and her online news outlet Rappler have been acquitted of tax…

Death toll in Philippine storms rises to 27

At least 27 people have died in storms across the Philippines this month, authorities said, as…