Four people are missing after a dive yacht with 32 people sank in the waters off Tubattaha in Palawan province on Sunday morning, the Philippine Coast Guard said. Read further on Dynamite News:
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council tallied 23 deaths in southern Philippines, six in Bicol region on the main Luzon island, and three in central Philippines.
At least eight people were killed in a fire that engulfed a residential area on the state university campus in Metro Manila early Monday morning. More details on Dynamite News:
In the early hours of Monday, The Manila Bulletin said that Philippine police have raised the typhoon death toll to 208. The number of injured stands at 239, while at least 52 people remain missing. Full Story
At least 10 people have been killed and six others missing after Typhoon Phanfone battered several central Philippine islands on Christmas Day, before heading out to the South China Sea, state media reported citing local authorities on Thursday.
Philippine police and immigration authorities say they have arrested more than 500 illegally working foreigners, mostly Chinese involved in telecommunications and investment scams, in one of the biggest such mass arrests this year.
At least 19 people were killed and 48 others injured in an explosion outside a cathedral in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, local media reported on Sunday, citing police.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his wife Honeylet Avancena welcomed the world leaders at the opening ceremony of 31st ASEAN Summit in Manila.
The death toll from Friday morning’s terror strike at a popular hotel-cum-casino in Philippines capital Manila has gone up to 34, and local police have also confirmed that the lone gunman involved in the attack, has committed suicide.
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