A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Wednesday, killing at least one child and injuring more than two dozen other people. Government authorities were starting to receive reports from field officials on the island of Mindanao where the earthquake struck, opening cracks in buildings and homes, sending residents running from shops and offices […]

Two teenagers were arrested after allegedly robbing the grave of an 84-year-old grandmother and having sex with her corpse. The youngsters, who cannot be identified, were caught after the family of the deceased went to visit her grave the day after she was buried on September 29 in Davao, the Philippines. They found that the […]

Seven members of a Philippine “dragon boat” team were killed Wednesday when their boat capsized off the island of Boracay as they trained for an international race, rescuers and colleagues said.

Five people were killed when at least two buildings collapsed as a strong earthquake rocked the northern Philippines, a local official said.

The Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Monday declared red alert status in anticipation of the landfall of Typhoon Yutu in Northern Philippines on Tuesday morning.