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1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil inside sunken Philippine tanke started to leak into Manila Bay

Firefighters put out a blaze early on Sunday at one of the Philippines' largest hospitals

Decision follows a report of 2,651 new virus infections, highest daily increase in more than four months

About 80% of the country’s 108 million people identify as Roman Catholic

About 347,000 people were in evacuation centres

Google searches for “barter trade” surged 203% over April and May

Philippine police drew criticism for planning to monitor social media to enforce quarantine rules

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for what was the biggest attack of its kind in the southern Philippines

Many are unaware they're infected with very mild symptoms or none at all, says WHO's Western Pacific regional director

Philippines is a growth area for big tech firms, with Filipinos among the heaviest social media users in the world

Data from ride-hailing firm Grab shows snapshots of traffic congestion before and during the curbs

Some 40,000 people have taken refuge in shelters since the volcano let loose a towering burst of ash, jets of lava

More than 21,000 ferry passengers trying to get home for the Christmas holidays have been stranded

About 340,000 people had been evacuated from their homes in the central Bicol region, claim disaster officials

An average of 40% of children aged five and below are malnourished in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines

Residents found the body of the deceased in the croc's jaws the following day

Poll showed 82% satisfied due to a perception of fewer drugs and crime in the country

The vehicle was bringing about 30 people home from a trip to the beach when the driver lost control

The main culprit is catastrophic subsidence caused by groundwater being pumped out from below

More than 18,000 positions at stake including half of the seats in the upper house Senate

Customs officials turned over the tarantulas to Philippine's environment ministry's rescue centre

Due to rolling outages driven by a dearth of rain and inadequate infrastructure

The Xiamen Airlines aircraft, carrying 157 passengers and eight crew, landed on its second attempt

Strategy 2030 outlines institution’s broad vision to evolving needs of Asia and Pacific

The mainly Roman Catholic Philippines is also fighting several Muslim insurgencies in the south

Storm is expected to move in next 24 hours, bringing moderate to heavy rain across central Philippines

Phivolcs said the advancing lava and pyroclastic flows had reached the six-kilometer radius no-go zone evacuated

The deadliest typhoon to hit the country was Haiyan, which left 7,350 people dead

Sayasaya accused of molesting two boys in the state of North Dakota where he worked for the Catholic Church

US president praised Duterte for his organisation of the summits, saying he handled them "beautifully"

Russell Salic and two others, one from Pakistan, have been charged with involvement in the plan to carry out attacks

Most of the dead and missing were poor people forced to live in identified "danger zones"

More than 2,000 other people have been killed in drug-related

Authorities say they are checking whether the quake caused any damage

Bertha lived far beyond the 40 to 50 year lifespans which are typical for the species in the wild

Man's older brother tries to smuggle him into Spain by ferry, police charges him with involuntary manslaughter