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Rescuers retrieved more remains from a passenger ferry in the Philippine that was gutted by fire, bringing the death toll on Saturday to 76 with 13 missing.

Dozens of people are feared to have died after a ferry burst into flames off the coast of the Philippines.

Former Philippine House Speaker Martin Romualdez, a cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has been arrested over allegations that he helped collect billions of pesos in kickbacks from government infrastructure projects.

Philippine immigration authorities have arrested a 29-year-old South Korean woman wanted in her home country for allegedly helping operate 23 illegal online gambling websites that generated about 5.33 trillion won ($3.9 billion), the country’s Bureau of Immigration said.

Pop singer Vanessa Blanca has died aged 30 following a freak accident in a bathroom.

Authorities warn that days of intense rain could trigger widespread flooding and landslides as storm moves north and further inland

Chinese ships fired water cannon at Philippine vessels, including one carrying a CNN crew, near a dangerous flashpoint in the South China Sea on Friday – the third tense confrontation this week in the contested waters.

Scams across East and Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand caused estimated losses of as much as $114.1 billion in 2025, according to a U.N. report examining the infrastructure shared by criminal networks.

Philippine authorities arrested a senior member of Japan’s “Luffy Group,” a transnational crime syndicate accused of running large-scale fraud operations targeting Japanese citizens.

Residents warned not to enter damaged homes or other buildings due to the threat of aftershocks following a 7.8-magnitude quake.

A top Philippine politician wanted by the International Criminal Court was no longer taking refuge at the Senate after what his wife called an "escape", the Senate president said on Thursday, a day after chaos erupted over his possible arrest.

The unusual pursuit was captured on CCTV cameras inside the Philippine senate. Ronald dela Rosa, a longtime ally of the former president Rodrigo Duterte, raced along the hallways of the upper house complex, stumbling on the staircase, as he fled government agents.

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The Duchess of Sussex has finally managed to make contact with her estranged father, Thomas Markle, who is currently in hospital after having his left leg amputated, her spokesperson confirmed.

Meghan Markle’s dad faces fresh heartache after his son revealed health insurance will not cover the costs of his life-saving care.

Meghan Markle’s father has had his left leg amputated below the knee in a life-saving three-hour operation to remove a blood clot as he remains in an intensive care unit.

A former mayor of the Philippines, who faced accusations of spying for China, has been found guilty of human trafficking for her involvement in operating a scam center.

Two senior Philippine officials—Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman—have resigned out of an ethical principle after their departments were cited in allegations tied to a flood-control “anomaly” now under investigation.

Tens of thousands of people gathered Monday at Manila’s Quirino Grandstand for the second day of a three-day protest, demanding accountability for alleged corruption in government-funded flood-control projects.

More than one million people have been evacuated and at least one person killed as floodwaters rose in the Philippines before typhoon Fung-wong’s expected landfall on the East Coast.

Typhoon Kalmaegi is rapidly advancing toward Vietnam after leaving a trail of destruction across the Philippines, where more than 110 people have died and hundreds of thousands have been displaced.

Eight people have died and 27,000 have been evacuated after Tropical Storm Fengshen hit the Philippines during the weekend.

Despite the billion-peso flood control corruption scandal shaking public confidence in government and its infrastructure projects, the British Chamber of Commerce Philippines (BCCP) remains optimistic about the country’s economic prospects and its growing trade ties with the United Kingdom.