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News Articles: Philippines

Residents pass by a flooded road from Typhoon Noru in San Miguel town, Bulacan province, Philippines. Typhoon Noru blew out of the northern Philippines on Monday, leaving some people dead, causing floods and power outages and forcing officials to suspend classes and government work in the capital and outlying provinces.

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Typhoon Noru leaves 6 rescuers dead in the northern Philippines

Typhoon Noru blew out of the northern Philippines on Monday, leaving five rescuers dead, causing floods and power outages and forcing officials to suspend classes and government work.

September 26, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Residents of the Tondo district in Manila carry their children as they evacuate to safer grounds on Sunday before Typhoon Noru arrives in the Philippines.

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Thousands in the Philippines are evacuating from the capital ahead of Typhoon Noru

A powerful typhoon shifted and abruptly gained strength Sunday as it blew closer to the northeastern Philippines, prompting evacuations from high-risk villages and the capital.

September 25, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, smoke is seen from the M/V Asia Philippines, an inter-island cargo and passenger vessel, as it caught fire while it was approaching Batangas port, southern Philippines on Friday.

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More than 80 people have been rescued from a Philippine ferry fire

Philippine coast guard personnel and volunteers have rescued more than 80 passengers and crew of an inter-island ferry that caught fire as it approached a port south of Manila.

August 27, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Incoming Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr., left, and outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, right, attend Marcos' inauguration ceremony in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, June 30, 2022.

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Dictator's son Ferdinand Marcos Jr. takes oath as Philippine president

The namesake son of an ousted dictator is sworn in as Philippine president in one of the greatest political comebacks in recent history in the country.

June 30, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Incoming Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr., left, and outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, right, attend Marcos' inauguration ceremony in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, June 30, 2022.

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  • Asia

Dictator's son Ferdinand Marcos Jr. takes oath as Philippine president

The namesake son of an ousted dictator is sworn in as Philippine president in one of the greatest political comebacks in recent history in the country.

June 30, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Martial law victims including former lawmaker Satur Ocampo (third from left) and their lawyers headed by Howard Calleja (second from left), show documents after filing a petition with the supreme Court in Manila on Wednesday seeking the disqualification of presumptive president Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

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  • Asia

Philippine Supreme Court petition seeks to cancel candidacy of President-elect Marcos

The petition, filed Tuesday, seeks to disqualify Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s candidacy post-election on the grounds that he lied about not committing any crimes — a requirement to run for president.

May 20, 2022
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  • Ashley Westerman
An election worker places a voting receipt inside a box at a polling center Monday in Quezon City, Philippines.

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  • Asia

Dictator's son far ahead in Philippine presidential vote

With 80% of the votes tabulated, Marcos Jr. had 25.9 million, far ahead of his closest challenger, current Vice President Leni Robredo, who had 12.3 million.

May 09, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, speaks during a rally as he campaigns for the presidency in February in Manila.

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A dictator's son runs for Philippines president in a bid to revive his family's power

Ahead of presidential elections taking place in May, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is banking on voters' nostalgia for his late father's period of dictatorial rule in the 1970s and 1980s.

April 12, 2022
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  • Julie McCarthy
Health workers prepare COVID-19 vaccines at a coliseum in suburban Manila on November 29 — part of a massive 3-day vaccination drive launched by the government. It was one of 8,000 vaccination centers set up during the drive.

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  • Global Health

The Philippines vaccinated 7.6 million people in 3 days. Duterte demands even more

Hit hard by the pandemic, the Philippines has vaccination rates far lower than neighbors like Vietnam and Cambodia. Here's how the country is trying to up its numbers.

December 03, 2021
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  • Julie McCarthy
In this photo provided by the Manny Pacquiao MediaComms, Senator Manny Pacquiao raises his hands during a national convention of his PDP-Laban party in Quezon city, Philippines on Sunday Sept. 19, 2021. Philippine boxing icon and senator Manny Pacquiao says he will run for president in the 2022 elections.

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  • Asia

Boxing Great Manny Pacquiao Retires, Sets His Sights On Philippine Presidency

The eight-division world champion and Philippines senator on Wednesday announced his retirement from the ring, ending a nearly 30-year career in boxing.

September 29, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Isabelita Vinuya, 88, reflected in mirror, bids farewell to Perla Bulaon Balingit in the village of Mapaniqui in Pampanga. They are two of the last living "comfort women" of the Philippines. On Nov. 23, 1944, Vinuya, Balingit and some 100 other girls and women were taken to the Red House and systematically raped by the Japanese Imperial Army.

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  • Global Health

Whatever Happened To ... The WW II Sex Slaves Fighting For Justice?

The Japanese Army systematically raped women in the Philippines. What's become of the aging survivors of this wartime atrocity in the midst of the pandemic?

September 24, 2021
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  • Julie McCarthy and
  • PHOTOS BY CHERYL DIAZ MEYER
Investigators will focus on the period from 2016, when Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took office, through March 2019, after which the Philippines was deemed to have withdrawn from the International Criminal Court in a bid to avert its jurisdiction.

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International Criminal Court Backs Probe Of Duterte's War On Drugs In The Philippines

Officially, at least 6,000 Filipinos, mostly poor drug peddlers and addicts, have been killed in the anti-drug police operations. But rights groups say the number of victims could be four times that.

September 15, 2021
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  • Julie McCarthy
A U.S. Navy hovercraft prepares to hit the beach during amphibious-landing exercises as part of an annual joint U.S.-Philippine military exercise on the shores of San Antonio, facing the South China Sea, in Zambales province, Philippines, on April 11, 2019.

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  • World

4 Things To Know After The Philippines Kept Its Pact With The U.S. Military

After threatening since last year to cancel it, President Rodrigo Duterte decided to restore the agreement that enables U.S. forces to operate in the Philippines. Here's why that matters.

August 06, 2021
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  • Julie McCarthy
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, and Philippines Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana shake hands after a bilateral meeting at Camp Aguinaldo military camp in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines Friday, July 30. Austin is visiting Manila to hold talks with Philippine officials to boost defense ties and possibly discuss the The Visiting Forces Agreement between the US and Philippines.

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  • Asia

The Philippine President Says Long-Standing Security Pact With The U.S. Can Continue

The decision was announced Friday in Manila by Philippines Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana and U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin. U.S. military presence in the region is seen as a counterbalance to China.

July 30, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines lifts weights during a training session on May 21 in the Malaysian city of Malacca. She had been stuck in Malaysia because of the pandemic.

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  • Sports

The Lockdown Forced The Philippines' Hidilyn Diaz To Get Creative In Her Training

The weightlifter became an Olympic record holder and the first gold medalist in Philippines history. But her training journey to get to Tokyo was anything but average.

July 27, 2021
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  • Josie Fischels
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