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Philippines' Marcos visits Indonesia in first overseas trip as president

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr met with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo on Monday for a state visit focused on bolstering defence, trade and other ties between the two neighbours.

Reuters

Grandma thrown into bonfire and burned alive by her family in barbaric cult killing

A grandma from the Philippines was burned alive by her own family, who claimed they were "purging" the matriarch of her sins after she allegedly refused to join their religious group

Daily Mirror

Boy, 9, tragically dies after being bitten by mosquito on family holiday

A "bright and bubbly" boy from Western Australia has tragically died while on a family holiday to the Philippines where he was bitten by a mosquito and picked up dengue fever

Daily Mirror

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Girl who came from Philippines with no English given Army cadets’ highest rank

Ashanti Mai Holden moved to the UK in 2016 when her British stepfather took up a position in the country.

The Independent UK

Woman tells of brutality at hands of Chinese scam gang in Manila

A woman who fled virtual slavery in the Philippines has told police she was one of dozens of Thais lured into working for a romance scam gang run by Chinese, and those who tried to leave were beaten, handcuffed and terrorised with electric shocks.

Bangkok Post

Filipino teachers share how they’re adjusting to their new lives in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Onofre Bejona spent his 34th birthday riding the bus alone, readying himself for the next three years of his life. It was Aug. 14, and the teacher had arrived in Broward only a few days before from his home in Malita, a city in the southern…

Tribune News Service

Travel warning issued after death of West Australian boy holidaying in Philippines from dengue fever

The Department of Health warns travellers to take precautions against mosquitoes following a spike in dengue fever cases in returned holiday-makers.

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Newborn baby girl with umbilical cord still attached found dumped outside church

The infant was believed to have been less than a day old when she was abandoned in front of Tabango Church in the Philippines province of Leyte on August 27

Daily Mirror

Nine-year-old WA boy dies of dengue fever after mosquito bite on Philippines holiday

The child's family issues a warning to overseas travellers while remembering the boy as "sweet, caring and bright".

ABC News

Bushfires in 2019 warmed sky like volcano

The Black Summer bushfires caused the largest stratospheric warming since the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, new research suggests.

AAP

Philippines inmates protest on prison roof over food, warden

About 100 inmates in an overcrowded jail have climbed atop the roof of a prison building in the central Philippines and noisily protested with clenched fist and placards, saying they are not being fed well and demanding the removal of the jail warden

The Independent UK

Tragedy Strikes Bus Tumbled By Tropical Storm

The driver claimed he lost control of the brakes, causing the bus carrying eight people to skid onto the roadside.

Zenger

Philippines reports three deaths from tropical storm Ma-On

Tropical storm Ma-On caused three deaths in the Philippines, its disaster agency reported on Thursday, with the storm currently headed towards southeastern China.

Reuters

Tropical Storm Ma-on headed for southeastern China

Tropical Storm Ma-on is headed for Hong Kong and other parts of southeastern China after displacing thousands in the Philippines

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Storm leaves 3 injured, thousands displaced in Philippines

A tropical storm has blown out of the northern Philippines and left at least three people injured and thousands displaced

The Independent UK

Storm forces school closures, evacuations in Philippines

A tropical storm has lashed the northern Philippines with strong wind and rain, injured at least two people and prompted the president to close schools and government offices in the capital and outlying provinces

AAP

Former Matildas youngster earns NZ call-up

Former Matildas youngster Indiah-Paige Riley has been called up by New Zealand for friendlies against Mexico and the Philippines after her international switch.

Reuters

Philippine children back in school as pandemic restrictions ease

Millions of Philippine students returned to classrooms for the first time in more than two years on Monday, after the country lifted most remaining COVID-19 curbs to try and reverse learning losses.

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Al Jazeera

Philippine schools reopen after one of world’s longest shutdowns

Children wearing masks stream back to schools for their first in-person classes after two years of COVID lockdowns.

The Independent UK

Millions return to Philippine schools after virus lockdowns

Millions of students wearing face masks have streamed back to schools across the Philippines in their first in-person classes after two years of coronavirus lockdowns that are feared to have worsened one of the world’s most alarming illiteracy rates among children

Reuters

Philippines' Marcos seeks record $94 billion budget for 2023

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr asked Congress on Monday for a record 5.29 trillion pesos ($94.40 billion) government budget in 2023 to support an ambitious policy agenda aimed at boosting growth and lifting millions out of poverty.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Stop linking Rushdie attack to cancel culture

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's fatwa against the author Salman Rushdie in 1989 made clear that the greatest threat to artists, intellectuals and journalists in the modern era comes from authoritarian states. In recent years, the latter have increasingly outsourced violence to murky non-state actors. This grim trend has been underscored by…

Bangkok Post

Dozens hurt in cash stampede in Philippines

MANILA: Dozens of people were injured in the southern Philippines on Saturday in a crush of students and parents seeking a cash handout ahead of the reopening of schools, authorities said.

Al Jazeera

Philippine media under pressure as Marcos Jr courts influencers

Critical journalists expected to remain in sights of administration as new president invites vloggers to the palace.

ABC News

Yamashita's gold was a national obsession in the Philippines. Now the case of the missing treasure and the Marcos family are back in court

Ferdinand Marcos once stole treasure from a poor locksmith, then had him tortured, jailed and threatened with death. Now the treasure hunter's family is taking Marcos's wife and son to court to reclaim what they say belongs to them.

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