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A strong earthquake set off landslides and damaged buildings in the northern Philippines in Wednesday. In the capital, hospital patients were evacuated and terrified people rushed outdoors.
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Rappler's CEO and founder, Maria Ressa, won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for her work safeguarding press freedoms in the Philippines.
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The namesake son of an ousted dictator is sworn in as Philippine president in one of the greatest political comebacks in recent history in the country.
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Maria Ressa, the first Filipino Nobel Peace Prize recipient, says the government is closing Rappler, which gained notoriety for its reporting of President Duterte's bloody crackdown on illegal drugs.
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The namesake son of the late Philippine dictator won by a landslide, according to unofficial results, in an astonishing reversal of the 1986 "People Power" pro-democracy revolt that ousted his father.
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With 80% of the votes tabulated, Marcos Jr. had 25.9 million, far ahead of his closest challenger, current Vice President Leni Robredo, who had 12.3 million.
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A summer tropical depression unleashed days of pounding rain in the central and southern Philippines. Rescuers were struggling with mud and unstable heaps of earth and debris to find missing people.
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Ahead of presidential elections taking place in May, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is banking on voters' nostalgia for his late father's period of dictatorial rule in the 1970s and 1980s.
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The Philippines lifted a nearly 2-year ban on fully vaccinated foreign travelers Thursday to boost tourism and related industries as an omicron-fueled surge eases.
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Rai is one of the most powerful storms to hit the southern Philippines on record. It's displaced more than 481,000 people and killed more than 150.