The Latest Breaking News from Philippines

Philippines says fishermen injured by Chinese coast guard’s water cannons

Chinese coast guard ships have used powerful water cannons and blocking maneuvers against 20 Philippine fishing boats off a disputed South China Sea shoal

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2025

What are transition credits? Philippines takes novel approach to coal phase-out

This novel take on carbon credits could cure Asia's coal addiction - but critics are sceptical.

Euronews · Dec 11, 2025

Heroic Furmum Saves Her Dogs From Fire Before Going Down The Side Of The Building To Save Herself

Eimeilee Maningo, a 'furmum' from Cebu, Philippines, has gone viral and is being widely praised online after heroically saving her dogs before saving herself during a terrifying building fire

International Business Times UK · Dec 11, 2025

“Truly A Malignant Narcissist”: Meghan Markle Sparks Outrage After Fans Learn How She’s Trying To Contact Her Estranged Hospitalized Father

Thomas Markle, who has been estranged from his daughter since 2018, had one of his legs amputated during surgery to remove a blood clot.

Bored Panda · Dec 9, 2025

Food Delivery: Fresh from the West Philippine Sea review – gripping trip along supply lines in China standoff

A gripping film captures the fraught contests, lonely outposts and human toll of the Philippines’ struggle to assert sovereignty against China

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2025

Did Vitaly Zdorovetskiy Join A 'Powerful' Cult To Escape Philippine Jail? Photo Shows YouTuber Baptised During Incarceration

A viral video claims Vitaly Zdorovetskiy was baptised in a Philippine jail and freed through a religious group, but no records verify any part of the story.

International Business Times UK · Dec 9, 2025

Duchess of Sussex calls hospitals in the Philippines in search for estranged father Thomas Markle

Mr Markle has said he does not want to die distanced from his daughter after his leg was reportedly amputated below the knee

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2025

Merlinda Bobis explores four generations of colonialism and violence in the Phillipines

Merlinda Bobis’ In the Name of the Trees beguiles with its intricate prose and compressed poetics. In less than 150 pages, it tells the story of four generations of Bikol women, all of whom must, in various ways, resist and adapt to the colonisation and violent regimes of the Philippines.

The Conversation · Dec 8, 2025

Meghan contacts hospitals in Philippines ‘in bid to reach estranged father’

The duchess insists that she reached out to Thomas Markle after reports he had his leg amputated

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2025

Duchess of Sussex insists she attempted to contact her father after leg surgery

Thomas Markle is reported to have had his leg amputated in a hospital in the Philippines.

Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2025