Philippines News

Filipino boxing star Manny Pacquiao remains one of this year's top prize fighters in the world despite successive defeats and long layoff from the sport.

Taiwan's government has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Philippines' government, demanding an apology over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman. Its coastguard dispatched four vessels to guard the disputed water where the shooting took place

Manila - The Mayon Volcano, one of the Philippines most active, suddenly began erupting on Tuesday May 7 catching 30 climbers unawares.

The rainforest land and ancestral homes of small farmers and indigenous peoples of the Philippines are under threat, as the Philippine government plans to promote oil palm plantations on a vast scale.

Manila - Gunmen attacked a truck in which a southern Philippine mayor and supporters were riding. Thirteen people were killed including the mayor's daughter. The mayor and nine others received wounds.

San Fernando - As the Christian world celebrates Good Friday, these Catholic zealots in the Philippines go much further, by reenacting the Crucifixion and the suffering of Jesus Christ.

Despite heavy downpour that flooded the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium Sunday evening, the Philippine Azkals demolished the visiting Cambodian national football team, scoring 8-0 to break Turkmenistan’s earlier 7-0 win over the Angkor Warriors

Unable to face Brunei in the qualifying match of the AFC Challenge Cup following its sudden withdrawal from the scheduled game, the Philippine Azkals will now face the Cambodia "Angkor Warriors" at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium in Manila Sunday.

A comic tragedy on barely known islands in the South Pacific continues with fears of a wider conflict. That story with a map is contained here.

Armed confrontation between the forces loyal to the the Sultanate of Sulu in the Philippines and Malaysian security forces continues in the town of Semporna in Sabah, killing at least five Malaysian military officers, an Imam and four of his sons.