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ASEAN's top diplomats under pressure to end Myanmar war and manage South China Sea disputes

Southeast Asia’s top diplomats are holding their first major meeting in the central Philippine city of Cebu under growing pressure to beat a deadline to conclude talks on a nonaggression pact with China this year and push a peace plan that has so far failed to end Myanmar’s civil war

The Independent UK · Jan 28

Philippines grounds company's fleet of passenger ships after at least 18 die in ferry sinking

Philippine officials have grounded the entire fleet of passenger ships belonging to a company that owned a ferry that sank in the south and left at least 18 people dead, with more than 300 others rescued

The Independent UK · Jan 27

Philippines tells Beijing it is alarmed over escalating verbal tussle in South China Sea dispute

The Philippines has told China that it is alarmed about heated exchanges with Chinese diplomats in Manila over the long-standing territorial dispute between the two countries in the South China Sea

The Independent UK · Jan 26

Chocolate Hills: The color-changing mounds in the Philippines that inspired legends of mud-slinging giants

The Chocolate Hills are 1,776 mounds on Bohol Island in the Philippines where grassy cover turns brown during the dry season.

LiveScience · Jan 23

Philippine journalist given long jail sentence over ‘fabricated’ terrorism charge

The conviction, after nearly six years in detention, has drawn international condemnation from media rights groups

The Independent UK · Jan 22

After Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, Another Russian Vlogger In PH Custody For Intending To 'Spread HIV' — Who Is Nikita Chekhov?

Philippine authorities detain Russian vlogger Nikita Chekhov after viral videos claiming he intended to spread HIV spark public alarm and deportation review.

International Business Times UK · Jan 22

‘It was a wipeout’: how a family came back from a wife and mother’s murder

When Stuart Green’s wife, an environmental rights lawyer, was shot dead in a car in front of her children in the Philippines, he found books on grief little help. So he wrote his own

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22

After Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, Estonian Vlogger Siim Roosipuu Faces Arrest and Deportation in the Philippines: Why BI is Cracking Down on Foreign Creators

Estonian vlogger Siim Roosipuu, known as Pro Life Travel, has been arrested by the Bureau of Immigration and faces deportation from the Philippines.

International Business Times UK · Jan 21

Vitaly Zdorovetskiy's 'Transformation' After Philippine Jail: YouTuber Declares 'All Glory to God' - What Happened to Him Inside?

Vitaly Zdorovetskiy says nine months in Philippine jail changed him after deportation, as authorities confirm arrest, detention and blacklist status abroad case.

International Business Times UK · Jan 21

Foreign National Declares Wanting to Spread HIV in the Philippines Stirs Concern Among Netizens

A foreign national visiting the Philippines shared in a series of posts that he wants to spread HIV, stirring concern amongst local netizens.

International Business Times UK · Jan 20