At least 21 killed in Philippine accident

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 08:13

At least 21 people were killed and scores were wounded when a passenger bus fell from an elevated Skyway in Taguig City, Metro Manila, and hit a van under the highway early Monday morning, a senior official said.

Philippine typhoon death toll rising by eight daily

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 16:32

Relief teams are still finding eight to 10 dead bodies a day, more than a month after Super Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the central Philippines, a civil defence official said on Sunday.

1.5 mn Philippine typhoon children face malnutrition: UN

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 11:38

The United Nations has warned that 1.5 million children are at risk of malnutrition in typhoon-ravaged areas of the Philippines and called for greater efforts to provide food and water.

Aquino asserts control over typhoon relief effort

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 13:52

Philippine President Benigno Aquino has moved to assert himself as disaster manager-in-chief after criticism of his response to a devastating super typhoon, with the calamity set to become the defining event of his presidency.

Typhoon-hit city of Philippines struggles with next-to-no supplies

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 21:27

By lunchtime on Wednesday, the entire aid stockpile for nearly 70,000 people hit by Typhoon Haiyan on a devastated Philippine island could fit on the back of a pickup truck.

US, Britain send warships to help Philippine relief efforts

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 23:56

A US aircraft carrier set sail for the Philippines on Tuesday to accelerate relief efforts after a typhoon killed an estimated 10,000 people in one coastal city alone, with fears the toll could rise sharply as rescuers reach hundreds of isolated towns and villages.

Typhoon Haiyan: Philippine President declares state of national calamity

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 23:52

Dazed survivors begged for help and scavenged for food, water and medicine on Monday after a super typhoon killed an estimated 10,000 in the central Philippines.

1,200 believed dead in Philippine typhoon: Red Cross

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 21:29

About 1,200 people are believed to have died when one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded hit the Philippines, the head of the local Red Cross said on Saturday.

Philippines says at least 100 dead from typhoon Haiyan

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 08:53

At least 100 people may have died in the Philippines from the impact of super typhoon Haiyan, a senior government official said on Saturday.

At least 20 killed in Philippine road accident

Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 11:58

Police in the Philippines say at least 20 people were killed and 44 others injured when a truck smashed into the rear of a passenger bus on a remote downhill provincial road, setting off a succession of crashes.

UN warns of humanitarian crisis in southern Philippines

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 14:16

The United Nations has warned that the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga faces a humanitarian crisis, with tens of thousands of people uprooted by a wave of deadly violence.

Philippines gets US patrol boats to fight militants

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 17:07

The United States gave the Philippine military six patrol boats on Tuesday to be used in a southern region where armed Muslim militants are active, the military said.