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Channel NewsAsia Singapore · 21m

Evacuations, call for aid as Typhoon Usagi approaches Philippines

MANILA: The Philippines ordered evacuations ahead of Typhoon Usagi on Wednesday (Nov 13), as the UN disaster office sought US$32.9 million in aid for the country after storms that killed more than 150 people.

Typhoon batters northern Philippines

The northern Philippines was then hit again on Monday, this time by Typhoon Toraji. It has since eased in intensity but remains at tropical storm strength as it moves towards southern China, where it is expected to bring widespread heavy rain.

Associated Press · 18h

Floods rage in northern Philippines after Typhoon Toraji sweeps across region

The Philippines has scrambled to deal with multiple calamities wreaked by four back-to-back typhoons and storms in less than a month.

China, Philippines

Philippines says China is pushing it to cede claims in South China Sea

China is putting ever greater pressure on the Philippines to cede its sovereign rights in the South China Sea, Manila's Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Tuesday after meeting his Australian counterpart in Canberra.

China maps out baseline claims over a contested South China Sea shoal with the Philippines

China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims. The Foreign Ministry on Sunday posted online geographic ...

StringersHub on MSN · 1d

Philippines: Philippine president's South China Sea move heightens bilateral tensions, deflects domestic pressure

Philippines - 09, 2024 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's recent South China Sea move is an attempt to redirect public attention from domestic challenges, which heightened the country's tension with China,

2hon MSN

Four storms churning the West Pacific at the same time mean more bad news for the Philippines

Four separate storm systems are churning their way through the West Pacific simultaneously, a rare occurrence resulting from ...

Associated Press1d

Typhoon batters storm-weary Philippines and displaces thousands more people as a new storm threatens

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Residents carry their belongings as the river swells, following ...

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Philippines boosts coastguard fleet with 49 new ships from France, Japan

The French deal also promises local vessel production and technology transfer – as Manila plans to add 7,000 coastguard ...

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Images show devastating floods from Tropical Storm Toraji in Philippines

Devastating floods struck the northern Philippines on Monday, when Tropical Storm Toraji became the fourth tropical storm to ...

Philippines' Marcos signs tax reform law to lure foreign investment

Despite being one of Asia's fastest-growing economies, the Philippines has been a laggard in the region in attracting ...

Engineering News-Record1d

ENR Travel Memories: A Long Way to a Record Dam in the Philippines, 2000

I was in the Philippines on the island of Luzon, after a treacherous five-hour drive from the nearest city, Baguio, after ...

1h

Can ‘troublemaker’ Philippines acquire US-made missiles of its own?

The Philippines aims to enhance its defence capabilities by buying its own mid-range missiles, but questions about ...

AFP on MSN18h

Fifth storm in under a month bears down on Philippines

The Philippines prepared Tuesday to evacuate potentially tens of thousands of people as the fifth major storm in three weeks ...

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