Coin Toss Settles Rare Philippine Election Tie
Philippine election officials settled a rare tie in a mayoral race on Friday by tossing a coin.
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Filipinos Vote in Midterm Elections Crucial to Duterte
Filipinos voted Monday in midterm elections highlighted by a showdown between President Rodrigo Duterte’s allies who aim to dominate the Senate and opposition candidates fighting for checks and balances under a leader they regard as a dictator.
Read moreFilipinos Plan More Diggings Where New Human Species Found
Archaeologists who discovered fossil bones and teeth of a previously unknown human species that thrived more than 50,000 years ago in the northern Philippines said Thursday they plan more diggings and called for better protection of the popular limestone cave complex where the remains were unearthed.
Read moreCreepy Cargo: Philippines Seizes 757 Tarantulas From Poland
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine customs officials were astonished when they opened nicely gift-wrapped boxes of cookies and oatmeal flown
Read morePhilippine Supreme Court Orders Release of Drug War Evidence
The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the release of police documents on thousands of killings of suspects in the president’s anti-drug crackdown, in a ruling that human rights groups said could shed light on allegations of extrajudicial killings.
Read morePhilippines Quits UN Criminal Court Over Probe
The Philippines officially withdrew from the International Criminal Court on Sunday, a year after its president called the United Nations court’s investigation of his drug war a politically motivated witch hunt.
Read moreOver 1,500 Turtles Found Inside Luggage in Philippines
Philippine authorities said Monday that they found more than 1,500 live turtles stuffed inside luggage at Manila’s airport.
Read morePhilippine Agents Arrest Journalist Critical of President
The award-winning head of a Philippine online news site that has aggressively covered President Rodrigo Duterte’s policies was arrested Wednesday by government agents in a libel case.
Read moreFallout Over Hack by N. Koreans Hits Philippines Bank
Bangladesh’s central bank brought a federal complaint against one of the largest banks in the Philippines on Thursday to recover $80 million that it says was stolen from North Korean hackers.
Read moreUS Returns 3 Disputed Bells Taken From Philippines in 1901
For over a century, the Bells of Balangiga have not rung in the Philippines, a silence that the president last year called “painful.” Now, the revered bells will once again be heard in the country.
Read morePhilippine Island Once Called ‘Cesspool’ Reopens to Tourists
Boatloads of tourists sailed Friday to the Philippines’ Boracay island, which officials reopened to visitors after a six-month closure to clean waters the president had called a “cesspool” due to years of overcrowding, partying and neglect.
Read moreUpstart Congregation Ducks Megachurch Trademark Spat
A Philippines-based megachurch must amend its claims against a group of expelled ministers and members it accuses of stealing its logo and copyrighted hymns to start their own competing church.
Read moreMonster Typhoon Barrels Closer to North Philippines, China
Typhoon Mangkhut retained its ferocious strength, gained speed and shifted slightly toward more densely populated coastal provinces on Friday as it barreled closer to the northeastern Philippines, where a massive evacuation was underway.
Read moreDuterte Voids Amnesty of Critical Senator, Orders His Arrest
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the arrest of his fiercest critic in Congress after revoking the senator’s amnesty for involvement in unsuccessful military uprisings years ago.
Read morePhilippine Top Judge, Duterte’s Critic, Ousted by Colleagues
The Philippine Supreme Court ousted its chief justice, a critic of the country’s authoritarian president, in an unprecedented vote Friday by fellow judges that she and hundreds of protesters called unconstitutional and a threat to democracy.
Read moreClaims Over Marcos Family Treasures Head to NY Trial
More than three decades after the overthrow of Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos, a New York federal judge set the stage Thursday for a trial on what to do with artwork and $15 million in cash seized from the kleptocrat and his wife.
Read moreDuterte Withdrawing Philippines from Int’l Criminal Court
President Rodrigo Duterte announced Wednesday that the Philippines is withdrawing its ratification of a treaty that created the International Criminal Court, where he is facing a possible complaint over thousands of suspects killed in his anti-drug crackdown.
Read morePhilippine Gov’t Asks Supreme Court to Expel Chief Justice
The Philippine government’s legal counsel asked the Supreme Court on Monday to expel the chief justice for allegedly not declaring her assets, in a new attempt to remove the nation’s judicial leader.
Read morePhilippines’ Chief Justice Expects Impeachment, Taking Leave
The Philippine Supreme Court’s chief justice — who has drawn the ire of President Rodrigo Duterte — expects to be impeached by the House next month and will go on leave to prepare for the trial she’s confident of winning, her spokesman said Wednesday.
Read moreICC to Open Preliminary Probes in Philippines, Venezuela
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced Thursday that she is opening preliminary probes into alleged crimes by police and security forces in the Philippines and Venezuela.
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