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13 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 13, 2026.
The MV June Aster caught fire Wednesday evening off Coron with 134 people aboard. Survivors told investigators they heard two explosions just before the smoke started. Only 43 people are confirmed alive.
Three counts of grave threats stem from remarks the Philippine vice president made at a 2024 online news conference. A conviction would bar her from the 2028 presidential race.
Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 98 charged her with three counts of grave threats and set bail at 120,000 pesos per count. Her lawyer says she will not evade the warrant.
The Office of Civil Defense counts 12 dead, eight missing and 11 injured. The national police, counting differently, put the toll at 15.
The Philippine vice president faces charges of misusing public funds and threatening to have President Marcos assassinated. She is the first VP in the country's history to stand trial.
The Philippine vice president faces charges of graft, bribery and threatening to have President Marcos assassinated. A conviction would bar her from office for life — and end a dynasty's grip on the country's highest posts.
The Philippine vice president became the first in the country's history to stand trial in the Senate, facing charges of corruption and death threats against President Marcos.
A powerful offshore quake struck Mindanao on the first day of the school year, triggering a tsunami warning, landslides and more than 1,000 aftershocks across Sarangani and General Santos City.
WatchThe strongest earthquake to strike the Philippines this year flattened buildings, set off coastal waves and a deadly landslide, and forced mass evacuations across Sarangani and General Santos.
The quake struck off the southern Philippines at dawn Monday, collapsing a hospital, a supermarket and a restaurant and triggering tsunami warnings across the Pacific before they were largely lifted.
WatchA magnitude 7.8 quake struck off the southern island of Mindanao on Monday morning, collapsing buildings in General Santos, triggering a small tsunami and sending students fleeing during first-day flag ceremonies.
The quake jolted Mindanao early Monday, collapsing buildings in General Santos City and prompting evacuation orders for nine provinces as waves of up to three meters were forecast.
Rescuers in Angeles City have pulled at least 27 bodies from the rubble of a Balibago high-rise that crumpled before dawn with dozens of workers sleeping inside.