President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, September 28, threatened to stop Facebook in the Philippines after the tech giant recently took down fake networks linked to the country's police and military
3 week agoCOVID19 cases in the Philippines breach 304,000 on Sunday, September 27, as DOH reports 2,995 new cases. The DOH also records 19,630 new recoveries, bringing the total recoveries to 252,510.
3 week agoUSS Chicago (SSN 721) conducts a battle damage assessment of the decommissioned frigate USS Curts (FFG 38) during a sinking exercise (SINKEX) as part of Valiant Shield 2020 on Sept. 19, 2020
3 week agoExercise ValiantShield 2020 concluded 25 Sept in the Philippine Sea with a photoex. The big ships are carrier RONALD REAGAN CVN76, assault ship AMERICA LHA6, cruisers ANTIETAM CG54 & SHILOH CG67. Submarine CHICAGO SSN721 is in the lead, with USN and & USAF aircraft overhead
Facebook just announced that it removed two networks. Most of the focus will go to the set from China that mostly targeted SE Asia & *some* US politics. But the other set is proof the Philippine Army is targeting journalists & political opponents of Rodrigo Duterte.
President Rodrigo Duterte has cursed the United Nations, called it useless, and even threatened violence against rapporteurs. He is set to address the UN General Assembly on September 23, Manila time
1 month agoPamalakaya, along with other peasant and fisher groups, hold a protest on Monday, September 21, at the People Power Monument to mark the 48th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 8 km NW of Claveria, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 14 km ENE of Tanlad, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 92 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
1 month agoPeople gather along the stretch of Roxas Boulevard to take a look at the newly opened portion of the Manila Baywalk on Sunday morning, September 20, 2020. The 'white sand' area is open from 6 am to 6 pm. Photos by KD Madrilejos/Rappler
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 15 km NE of Santa Cruz, Philippines
1 month agoProgressive groups held a lightning rally earlier in Quezon Hall to protest the absolute pardon granted by President Duterte to US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton, murderer of transgender woman Jennifer Laude
President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation of the government's coronavirus task force to place Lanao del Sur and Bacolod City under a stricter MECQ
Earthquake of magnitude 6.6 - 25 km E of Talagutong, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 - 18 km ENE of Talagutong, Philippines
USS America(LHA-6), USS New Orleans(LPD-18), & USS Germantown(LSD-42) passed through the Luzon Strait heading southwest
1 month agoM5.1 earthquake (lindol) strikes 56 km SW of Davao (Philippines) 29 min ago. Effects reported by eyewitnesses
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 6 km ESE of Guihing Proper, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 56 km N of Namuac, Philippines
1 month agoTwin explosions killed at least four people and wounded more than a dozen soldiers in the island of Jolo, southern Philippines
1 month agoAt least 9 people were killed and at least 17 injured in two bomb attacks in Sulu, Philippines.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - Mindanao, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 39 km SE of Tamisan, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 20 km N of Claveria, Philippines
2 month agoThe police accuses one of the 4 soldiers killed in the Sulu encounter of being involved in illegal drugs.
The Philippine National Police said Army Corporal Abdal Asula was included in a drug matrix on the basis of his relatives supposedly being involved in the illegal drug trade
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 17 km SE of Limbuhan, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 18 km ENE of Limbuhan, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 6.9 - 14 km NE of San Pedro, Philippines
