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Death toll rises to 45 as tropical storm hits Philippines
Oct 29, 2022 09:13Tropical Storm Nalgae in the Philippines has killed at least 45 people and injured 33 others, officials said Saturday.
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At least 31 killed in deadly floods and landslides in Philippines ahead of tropical storm
Oct 28, 2022 12:39Landslides and flooding have killed at least 31 people in the southern Philippines after torrential rains from the approaching Tropical Storm Nalgae lashed the region, according to senior government officials.
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Philippines to buy American helicopters after scrapping Russia deal over US sanctions
Aug 15, 2022 13:52The Philippines is in talks to buy US-made heavy-lift Chinook helicopters after scrapping a deal with Russia worth $227.35 million for the fear of US sanctions linked to the Ukraine conflict.
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US vows to defend Philippines in the face of China 'dangerous actions'
Aug 08, 2022 11:56US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has promised to defend the Philippines in the face of China’s “destabilizing and dangerous” actions, during a visit to the Southeast Asian country.
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Strong earthquake hits Philippines, killing at least 4
Jul 27, 2022 10:38At least four people were killed in a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the northern Philippine island of Luzon on Wednesday causing dozens of landslides and severely damaging buildings, officials said.
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Three people killed in rare shooting at Philippine university
Jul 25, 2022 06:38Three people were killed Sunday in a rare shooting at a university in the Philippine capital Manila, officials said, in what appears to have been a targeted assassination.
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Philippines election: Protests erupt as Marcos is set for landslide win
May 10, 2022 08:24Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the election headquarters in the Philippines' capital Manila on Tuesday, rejecting what looks like a landslide victory of Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr, the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
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Philippines votes in presidential election as Marcos family eyes return to power
May 09, 2022 07:20Millions of people in the Philippines are heading to polling stations to choose a new president in an election that pits the son of the country’s former dictator against a liberal human rights lawyer.
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Death toll in Philippines from storm up to 121
Apr 14, 2022 13:44The death toll from the tropical storm that battered the Philippines over last weekend rose to 121, including 81 victims buried by landslides in central Philippine city, authorities said Thursday.
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Philippines rescuers race to find survivors after storm wreaks havoc
Apr 12, 2022 16:48Rescue teams in the Philippines faced a race against time on Tuesday in the search for 28 people missing and feared dead, after tropical storm Megi unleashed heavy rains and deadly landslides in southern and eastern areas of the country.