MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines will keep having large-scale combat exercises with the United States after President Rodrigo Duterte retracted his decision to terminate a key defense pact in a move that may antagonize an increasingly belligerent China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines will keep having large-scale combat exercises with the United States after President Rodrigo Duterte retracted his decision to terminate a key defense pact in a move that may antagonize an increasingly belligerent China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines will keep having large-scale combat exercises with the United States after President Rodrigo Duterte retracted his decision to terminate a key defense pact in a move that may antagonize an increasingly belligerent China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines will keep having large-scale combat exercises with the United States after President Rodrigo Duterte retracted his decision to terminate a key defense pact in a move that may antagonize an increasingly belligerent China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines will keep having large-scale combat exercises with the United States after President Rodrigo Duterte retracted his decision to terminate a key defense pact in a move that may antagonize an increasingly belligerent China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has retracted a decision to end a key defense pact with the United States, allowing large-scale combat exercises between U.S. and Philippine forces that at times have alarmed China to proceed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president has ruled out any cease-fire or resumption of long-stalled peace talks with communist guerrillas and renewed a vow to destroy the insurgents in his last two years in office.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration provided precision-guided missiles and other weapons to help the Philippines battle Islamic State group-aligned militants and renewed a pledge to defend its treaty ally if it comes under attack in the disputed South China Sea.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thick mud and debris coated many villages around the Philippine capital on Friday after a typhoon killed at least 42 people and caused extensive flooding that sent people fleeing to their roofs, officials said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thick mud and debris coated many villages around the Philippine capital Friday after a typhoon caused extensive flooding that sent people fleeing to their roofs and killed at least 39 people.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon swelled rivers and flooded low-lying areas as it passed over the storm-battered northeastern Philippines, leaving at least 13 people dead and 15 others missing, officials said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon swelled rivers and flooded low-lying areas as it passed over the storm-battered northeast Philippines, where rescuers were deployed early Thursday to help people flee the rising waters.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon blew closer Wednesday to a northeastern Philippine region still struggling to recover from a powerful storm that left a trail of death and destruction just over a week ago, officials said, adding that thousands of villagers were being evacuated again to safety.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — At least 20 people were killed as Typhoon Goni lashed the Philippines over the weekend, and about 13,000 shanties and houses were damaged or swept away in the eastern island province that was first hit by the ferocious storm, officials said Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — At least 16 people were killed as Typhoon Goni lashed the Philippines over the weekend, and about 13,000 shanties and houses were damaged or swept away in the eastern island province that was first hit by the ferocious storm, officials said Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A super typhoon blew into the eastern Philippines with disastrous force Sunday, killing at least 10 people and triggering volcanic mudflows that engulfed about 150 houses before weakening as it blew away from the country, officials said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful super typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines with ferocious winds Sunday, killing at least seven people and causing volcanic mudflows to bury houses before weakening as it blew toward Manila, where the capital's main airport was shut down, officials said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful super typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines with ferocious winds Sunday, killing at least seven people and causing volcanic mudflows to bury houses before weakening as it blew toward Manila, where the capital's main airport was shut down, officials said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A super typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines with ferocious winds early Sunday, knocking down power in several towns and prompting the evacuation of about a million people in its likely path, including in the capital, Manila, where the main airport was shut down.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A super typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines with ferocious winds early Sunday and about a million people have been evacuated in its projected path, including in the capital where the main international airport was ordered closed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president has said he accepts responsibility for the thousands of killings committed during police operations in his crackdown on drugs, adding that he was even ready to go to jail.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president has said he has no problem with being held responsible for the many killings under his anti-drugs crackdown, adding that he was ready to face charges that could land him in jail, though not charges of crimes against humanity.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president has said he has no problem with being held responsible for the many killings under his anti-drugs crackdown, adding that he was ready to face charges that could land him in jail, though not charges of crimes against humanity.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines is ready to defend the oil and gas exploration it has decided to resume in its internationally recognized waters in the disputed South China Sea and will not cede that right to any nation, the energy chief said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines is ready to defend the oil and gas exploration it has decided to resume in its internationally recognized waters in the disputed South China Sea and will not cede that right to any nation, the energy chief said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines is ready to defend the oil and gas exploration it has decided to resume in its internationally recognized waters in the disputed South China Sea and will not cede that right to any nation, the energy chief said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president has approved the lifting of a ban on oil and gas exploration in or near disputed areas of the South China Sea that was imposed six years ago because of escalating territorial tensions with China, an official said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president has approved the lifting of a ban on oil and gas exploration in or near disputed areas of the South China Sea that was imposed six years ago because of escalating territorial tensions with China, an official said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military chief said Tuesday there is virtually no risk that towers and communications equipment to be put up in military camps by a China-backed telecom firm can be used for espionage.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military chief said Tuesday there is virtually no risk that towers and communications equipment to be put up in military camps by a China-backed telecom firm can be used for espionage.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The leader of the Philippines' House of Representatives announced his resignation Tuesday, ending a standoff with a rival speaker that has stalled the passage of next year’s budget, including funds for fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A large faction of Philippine legislators in the House of Representatives elected a new leader Monday, but the incumbent speaker declared the vote a “travesty” in a tense political standoff between two allies of the president.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A plane carrying eight people, including an American and a Canadian, burst into flames Sunday while attempting to take off from Manila’s airport on a flight bound for Japan, killing all those on board, officials said.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Communist guerrillas in the Philippines said Wednesday they would observe a cease-fire in compliance with the U.N. chief's call for a global halt in armed clashes during the coronavirus pandemic.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of police in the Philippines, backed by the army and coast guard, started sealing the densely populated capital from most domestic travelers Sunday in one of Southeast Asia’s most drastic containment moves against the new coronavirus.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president announced Thursday that domestic travel to and from metropolitan Manila will be suspended for a month and authorized sweeping quarantines in the crowded capital to fight the new coronavirus.
SAN PEDRO, Philippines (AP) — A helicopter carrying the Philippine national police chief and seven other people crashed after hitting a power cable on takeoff Thursday, critically injuring two other generals on board.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A recently dismissed security guard freed dozens of hostages and was subdued by police after walking out of a shopping mall in the Philippine capital on Monday, ending a daylong hostage crisis in an upscale commercial district near the police and military headquarters, officials said.
HANOI, Vietnam - North Korea inflamed tensions over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship by threatening the United States and South Korea today with "nuclear deterrence" if they carry out naval maneuvers this weekend.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
