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President Rodrigo Duterte order shutdown this month after calling the resort a cesspool

The two countries are working on a pact to protect overseas workers

Philippines Supreme Court begins hearing arguments on a government bid to invalidate Chief Justice Sereno

This marine accident marks one of three reported at sea on a weekend

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

President Rodrigo Duterte orders the shutdown to start from April 26

An estimated 252,000 Filipinos and Filipinas work in Kuwait and depend on remittances

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

An estimated 10 million Filipinos work overseas, with the oil-rich Middle East countries key destinations

Bello did not refer to specific cases or give a timeframe for when the deaths took place

More than 12,000 people have been ordered to leave a seven-kilometre (four-mile) evacuation zone

China has assured the Philippines it will not occupy new features or territory in the South China Sea

The UN experts said they had information suggesting that 2,500 Lumads had been displaced since October

A tropical storm is expected to make landfall on the southern island of Mindanao

The issue of aid has been contentious as of late with almost 4,000 people killed by the police since June last year

Opponents say martial law illegal if no rebellion, invasion

Philippine police back in drug war despite being accused of human rights violations in drug related crimes

Authorities have now ordered a blanket suspension for private use as well

Evidence shows it can worsen the disease in people not previously exposed to the infection

This is not the first time the fraternity has taken a political stance with its yearly bare-bottomed event

The group was examining cases of peasants apparently being forced off their farms

Condoms were not subject to the challenge but only two per cent of Filipino men use them

Duterte in turn vowed last month to impeach Sereno for alleged corruption

Kirdyushkin was arrested with about 10 kilos (22 pounds) of cocaine at Manila airport last year

Questioned lack of focus on the victims of bombings and violence in the Middle East

Duterte has made it clear he favours being less dependent on the US

Many Filipinos continue to support Duterte

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

Employers should implement use of 'practical, comfortable footwear'

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

Says Uber also need to collectively pay its drivers 20 million pesos daily as financial assistance during suspension

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

Company is already facing regulatory scrutiny in several Asian markets, including in South Korea and Japan

Naggar was supposed to be celebrating his marriage on Saturday, instead he is on life support in ICU

Expresses anger at a US Congress human rights commission hearing where various groups assailed his war on drugs

President Rodrigo Duterte signed a law this week adding the gaming sector to monitored institutions

The Muslim-only IDs system is already in place in some towns

'The singing shall be mandatory and must be done with fervour', the bill states

The president also vowed that US-backed air strikes on Marawi would continue

One trapped family said they had started to "eat their blankets" to survive

Small number of US soldiers providing vital surveillance assistance to Philippine military

Police were closing the case on the gunman, but would continue to investigate possible security lapse at Resorts World

The president made the remarks while addressing a military camp aimed at lifting troops' spirits

Thirteen soldiers, two policemen and 31 militants have died in the fighting, according to authorities.

European Union is the Philippines' eighth biggest source of aid, with assistance last year worth $217 million

About 100 people engaged in tug of wars over electricity cables pulled from still burning shanties

Pollster Social Weather Stations has been tracking trust ratings of Duterte since December 2015

Two suspects have been arrested but their identities and the motive for the attack were still under investigation

Troops killed six members of the IS-linked group during a firefight on the tourist island of Bohol

Police say at least one policeman has also been confirmed dead in the fight