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Rumbling volcano shuts down Philippine capital
Jan 13, 2020 10:55Schools and businesses shut across the Philippine capital on Monday as a volcano belched clouds of ash across the city and seismologists warned an eruption could happen at any time, potentially triggering a tsunami.
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Death toll from Philippines typhoon hits 50
Dec 31, 2019 09:10The number of people killed by a powerful storm that pummeled the central Philippines over Christmas has risen to 50, authorities said Tuesday, making it the nation's deadliest storm of 2019.
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Philippines bans US senators, mulls visa restrictions for Americans
Dec 27, 2019 12:16The Philippines has banned entry to two US lawmakers for supporting a Filipino opposition senator, who was detained on drug-related charges two years ago.
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Typhoon kills 16, ruins Christmas celebrations in Philippines
Dec 26, 2019 03:37A typhoon that swept across remote villages and popular tourist areas of the central Philippines on Christmas Day claimed at least 16 lives, authorities said Thursday.
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Child killed, several injured as strong quake hits southern Philippines
Dec 15, 2019 07:36A strong earthquake struck near the Philippine city of Davao on Sunday, killing a child, damaging buildings and causing several injuries.
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Philippines starts evacuations as typhoon approaches
Dec 01, 2019 09:55The Philippines has begun evacuating thousands of people, local officials said Sunday, as a powerful typhoon rumbling in from the Pacific forced Southeast Asian Games organizers to cancel or reschedule some events.
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Philippines: Protesters rally against Duterte's 'opening up to foreign powers'
Dec 01, 2019 05:42Protesters rallied in Manila on Saturday against President Rodrigo Duterte's policies. They accuse him of exposing the economy to the US and China.
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Communist rebels kill 6 Philippine troops in ambush
Nov 12, 2019 09:09A communist rebel ambush has killed six Philippine soldiers and wounded 20 others, the military says, in one of the deadliest assaults in the nation's five-decade-old Maoist insurgency.
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6.5-magnitude earthquake kills at least five in Philippines
Oct 31, 2019 16:33A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rocked southern Philippines still reeling from two strong tremors this month, killing at least five people and causing previously damaged buildings and homes to collapse.
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Earthquake in Philippines kills 3
Oct 17, 2019 04:52At least three people have been killed and dozens injured when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the southern Philippines late on Wednesday, authorities said on Thursday.