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News Articles: The Philippines

An aerial view taken on March 9, 2023, shows Thitu Island in the South China Sea.

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  • World

On a remote island, a test of wills between the Philippines and China

About 250 Filipinos live on Thitu Island, the largest and most inhabited island of the Spratlys, in the South China Sea. But Chinese ships are never far away.

April 11, 2024
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By:
  • Emily Feng
Journalist Maria Ressa talks to reporters on March 29, 2019, after posting bail at a trial court in Metro Manila, Philippines. This Friday, the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Ressa and journalist Dmitry Muratov for the fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and in Russia.

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  • News

The Nobel Peace Prize goes to journalists in the Philippines and Russia

The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia.

October 08, 2021
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By:
  • Frank Langfitt and
  • Charles Maynes
A U.S. Navy hovercraft prepares to hit the beach during amphibious-landing exercises as part of an annual joint U.S.-Philippine military exercise on the shores of San Antonio, facing the South China Sea, in Zambales province, Philippines, on April 11, 2019.

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  • World

4 Things To Know After The Philippines Kept Its Pact With The U.S. Military

After threatening since last year to cancel it, President Rodrigo Duterte decided to restore the agreement that enables U.S. forces to operate in the Philippines. Here's why that matters.

August 06, 2021
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By:
  • Julie McCarthy
Health workers are briefed before conducting COVID-19 swab tests on public transportation drivers at a slum area in Manila. The Philippines is one of the Southeast Asian countries hit hardest by the pandemic.

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  • Global Health

The Philippines Has Vaccinated Zero Health-Care Workers So Far

And that's creating anxiety and stress — and may be contributing to a shortage of health workers. Why is the country having problems getting vaccines?

February 18, 2021
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By:
  • Julie McCarthy
In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, families are evacuated by members of the Philippine Coast Guard to safer ground in Camarines Sur province as they prepare for typhoon Goni. Families living near coastal towns have moved to evacuation centers as the strong typhoon nears.

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  • Weather

Philippines Prepares As Powerful Typhoon Goni Bears Down

Goni is the most powerful storm so far this year. Evacuations were issued as the typhoon was set make landfall on the country's largest island.

October 31, 2020
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By:
  • Jason Slotkin
Zaqqir Ali Pacasum, 13, and Nawaz K. Lucman, 28 — Mustapha Alauya L. Pacasum's son and cousin, respectively — stand outside their destroyed ancestral home in Marawi City earlier this year.

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  • World

Over 120,000 People Remain Displaced 3 Years After Philippines' Marawi Battle

The government vowed to rebuild the city after the 2017 conflict with militants linked to ISIS. But more than 100,000 people are still in displacement camps, waiting for reconstruction.

October 23, 2020
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By:
  • Ashley Westerman
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton is seen from behind the gates of the Department of Justice in Manila, Philippines. Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte granted Pemberton a pardon following his conviction in the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman.

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  • Asia

Philippines Pardons U.S. Marine In Killing Of Transgender Woman

Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton, 25, was sentenced in 2015 to a term of six to 12 years for homicide, a sentence that was later reduced to 10 years.

September 08, 2020
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By:
  • Julie McCarthy
A protester wearing a face mask demonstrates against the Philippines' new anti-terrorism law on July 4, in Quezon city, Metro Manila. Earlier this month, President Rodrigo Duterte approved a law that critics say could lead to more human rights abuses.

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  • World

Why Rights Groups Worry About The Philippines' New Anti-Terrorism Law

Petitions have piled up at the country's Supreme Court to overturn the new legislation championed by President Rodrigo Duterte, which could jail suspects without charge for weeks.

July 21, 2020
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By:
  • Julie McCarthy

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