US, Japan, Philippines hold trilateral maritime dialogue in Tokyo
US, Japan, Philippines hold trilateral maritime dialogue in Tokyo

The United States, Japan, and the Philippines convened the inaugural Trilateral Maritime Dialogue in Tokyo on Tuesday, marking a significant step in their collaborative efforts to bolster maritime security in the Indo-Pacific region, according to a statement. The dialogue follows the April...

Floods hit thousands of houses in northern Philippines
Floods hit thousands of houses in northern Philippines

Floodwaters reaching more than four metres high swamped thousands of houses in the storm-battered northern Philippines on Tuesday after rivers overflowed following heavy rain and a dam release. Typhoon Man-yi drenched swaths of the Philippines over the weekend, swelling the Cagayan River and...

Typhoon Man-yi hits Philippines, evacuations underway
Typhoon Man-yi hits Philippines, evacuations underway

Philippine authorities ordered all ships to return to shore and told people in coastal areas to evacuate as Typhoon Man-yi approached the country, with forecasts predicting it would grow stronger before hitting land on Saturday. Man-yi will be the sixth major storm to pound the Philippines in...

Philippines on highest vigilance as Usagi nears
Philippines on highest vigilance as Usagi nears

The Philippines raised its highest storm alert and evacuated thousands of people on Thursday, as Super Typhoon Usagi barrelled towards its already disaster-ravaged north. Packing sustained winds of up to 180 kilometres (112 miles) an hour, Usagi is set to smash onto the main island of Luzon in...

Thousands evacuated in Philippines as new typhoon approaches
Thousands evacuated in Philippines as new typhoon approaches

Thousands of people were forced to leave 2,500 villages in the northern Philippines on Monday as another typhoon threatening a region already devastated by floods and landslides from three storms in less than a month. Typhoon Toraji was forecast to blow over the mountainous Luzon region, where...

Philippines makes companies pay to tackle plastic scourge
Philippines makes companies pay to tackle plastic scourge

Long one of the worlds top sources of ocean plastic, the Philippines is hoping new legislation requiring big companies to pay for waste solutions will help clean up its act, reports AFP. Last year, its Extended Producer Responsibility statute came into force -- the first in Southeast Asia to...

14 dead, thousands evacuated as tropical storm batters Philippines
14 dead, thousands evacuated as tropical storm batters Philippines

Philippine rescuers waded through chest-deep floodwaters Wednesday to reach residents trapped by Tropical Storm Trami, which has killed 14 people and forced thousands to evacuate as it barrels toward the east coast. Torrential rain has turned streets into rivers, submerged entire villages and...

Storm “Trami” killed at least 82 people in Philippines
Storm “Trami” killed at least 82 people in Philippines

Tropical Storm Trami blew away from the northwestern Philippines on Friday, leaving at least 82 people dead in landslides and extensive flooding, reports AP. To tackle the situation and save thousands of terrified people, who were trapped, some on their roofs, authorities deployed more rescue...

Philippines races to assist stranded as storm death toll grows
Philippines races to assist stranded as storm death toll grows

On Thursday, rescuers in the Philippines rushed to reach residents stranded by flooding in the hard-hit Bicol region after heavy rains from Tropical Storm Trami submerged villages and resulted in more than 20 deaths. Schools and government offices were shuttered across the northern Philippines...