Tag: Manila
Philippine Typhoon Vamco Survivor: Trapped Like ‘Sardines in a Can’

As rescuers scrambled Friday to reach more people trapped by slowly receding floods spawned by Typhoon Vamco in Metro Manila, one survivor recounted her dramatic [Read More…]
Greater Manila Region Returns to Lockdown as COVID-19 Surges
Millions of people in Manila and nearby cities will see their movements restricted again, starting Tuesday, after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered that the Philippine capital [Read More…]
Plane With Medics and Patients Crashes at Manila Airport, Killing 8
An aircraft destined for Tokyo, Japan with eight passengers and crew members on board has crashed near Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila, Philippines, Manila’s main [Read More…]
Australian Professor Detained in Manila Calls Charges against Him Preposterous
An 84-year-old Australian national detained by Philippine immigration authorities denied Monday alleged links with communist insurgents or any terror groups active in the country, including [Read More…]
At Least 30 Bodies Found at Site of Gun Attack in Philippines
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — At least 30 bodies were recovered from a shooting scene at the Resorts World Manila leisure complex in the Philippine capital of [Read More…]
Gunfire and explosions heard at tourist complex in Philippines
PanARMENIAN.Net – There have been reports of gunfire and explosions at a tourist complex in the Philippines. Police and Swat teams were deployed to Resorts [Read More…]
Philippines: Twin Bombings That Killed Two Not Terror Attacks

Police officials in the Philippines on Monday dismissed terrorism as the motive in twin weekend bombings that killed two people near Manila’s Muslim area and [Read More…]
Thousands Protest Duterte’s Drug War, Arrest of Senator, in Manila

Following the Friday arrest of perhaps the highest-profile critic of his drug war, Senator Leila de Lima, thousands flooded the streets of Manila Saturday morning [Read More…]