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ADB triples coronavirus funding for members to $20bn. (PTI Photo)

Asian Development Bank triples covid19 response package to $20 billion

Asian Development Bank sees India's economic growth slipping to 4% in FY21

13 Apr 2020 5:11 PM

Nearly 70,000 people had already fled their homes in the Bicol region, disaster officials said, which is where the typhoon is expected to strike first. (Representational Image)

Typhoon Kammuri to make landfall, Philippines carries out evacuation

Kammuri was expected to make landfall late Monday or early Tuesday and then pass to the south of the capital.

03 Dec 2019 3:24 PM

Humans and crocodiles sharing the same space has resulted in multiple run-ins, in which people have been killed or mangled by the animals. (Photo: Representational)

10-year-old boy eaten by crocodile after being snatched from boat in Philippines

His father failed to find the boy after an overnight search, but a fisherman discovered the child's half-eaten remains.

14 Aug 2019 7:59 PM

Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines has sent a team from its Flight Safety and Inspectorate Service to the crash site for further investigation. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)

10 dead after plane crashes into house in Philippines

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said the cause of the crash has yet to be determined.

18 Mar 2018 4:47 PM

Rodrigo Duterte rebukes priests after Pope blessing

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Philippines had no immediate comment.

20 Jan 2017 1:51 AM

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte (fourth left) gestures with Russian ambassador to Philippines Igor Khovaev (third left) and Russia’s Rear Admiral Eduard Mikhailov (fifth left) on Admiral Tributs in Manila. (Photo: AFP)

Rodrigo Duterte says ally Russia can dock for anything

Mr Duterte has thrown the future of Philippines-US relations into question with outbursts against the US.

07 Jan 2017 2:17 AM

Can Google glass help autistic children read faces, emotions

Julian Brown smiles while wearing Google Glass glasses at The Wall Lab in Stanford, California. Like many autistic children, Brown, 10, has trouble reading emotions in people's faces, one of the biggest challenges for people with the neurological disorder. (Photo: AP)

26 Jun 2016 11:31 PM

US, Philippines to jointly patrol South China Sea

A US-made HIMARS fires at a target during the 11-day joint US-Philippines military exercise at Crow Valley in Tarlac province, north of Manila, on Thursday. (Photo: AP)

15 Apr 2016 2:08 AM