This screen grab aerial picture from a handout video taken and received from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on September 10, 2026 shows the ruins of a ferry that caught fire off Palawan.

Philippine ferry fire: Death toll at 35, 54 missing

Coast guard recovers 30 bodies from gutted vessel and says more remain aboard

Philippines budget airline ups carry-on limit to 10kg

Passengers can carry one cabin bag, one personal item, subject to size, weight restriction

Passengers gain extra 3kg as airline revises hand-carry policy

Philippines: Search still on for ferry fire missing

Dozens missing as rescuers battle thick smoke aboard burned Philippine ferry

This screen grab aerial picture from a handout video taken and received from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on September 10, 2026 shows the ruins of a ferry that caught fire off Palawan.

Philippines probes crew deployment in Strait of Hormuz

Manila examines whether shipowner, manning agency followed safety rules after attack

14 overseas Filipino workers who were crew members of the MV Sidr safely returned to the Philippines after the attack on their Saudi-flagged vessel in the Strait of Hormuz

Flight or vacation? Cayetano siblings fly out of Manila

Senators’ sudden departure abroad raises questions over scandals, accountability

Philippine Senator Pia Cayetano (right), elder sister of former Senate President and chief judge Alan Cayetano, fixes the robes of her brother prior to taking their oath as jurors in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte at the plenary hall of the Senate in Manila. File photo taken on May 18, 2026.

Manila: Jail ordered for Romualdez over ₱7.4B plunder

Ex-Speaker Romualdez faces non-bailable ₱7.4b plunder case, jail transfer looming

File photo taken on July 28, 2025 shows ex-Speaker of the House Martin Romualdez (R) during the State of the Nation Address at the House of Representatives in Manila. Romualdez stepped down as Congress speaker in September amid the probe into fake flood-control projects which has kicked up public anger.

Battle over Duterte-linked ₱6.77B 'unexplained wealth'

15 Duterte-Carpio accounts 'matched' AMLC records as 1,800 records enter impeachment trial

A photo of husband-and-wife Manases Carpio and Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio.

5 dead, 87 'missing' in Philippines ferry fire

Tourist hub Coron reeling as passenger ferry fire leaves scores unaccounted for

Five people were confirmed dead after passenger vessel M/V June Aster caught fire in waters off Coron, Palawan, on Wednesday evening, September 9, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said.

European firms are betting billions on the Philippines

Europeans double down on Philippines: 6 reforms turning it into Asia’s next factory hub

Lufthansa Technik Philippines's planned facility at Clark International Airport, north of Manila, will expand its maintenance repair and overhaul services for commercial aircraft in the Asian country.

New partnership offers help on balikbayan box concerns

Agencies sign agreement to give clearer guidance on customs rules,delivery problems

A Filipino expat packs a balikbayan box for her loved ones back home. Photo for illustrative purposes only

Video: Manila defence chief slams China 'bullying'

Philippines blasts Chinese note at Seoul forum as ‘coercion and bullying’

Philippines Defence Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro. File photo.

Dirham gains against INR, PKR and PHP. Remit now?

Quick look at current exchange rates - as of September 9 - against the UAE dirham

Planning on remitting Indian rupee, Pakistan rupee or Philippine peso? Here’s how you can take advantage of remittance-beneficial rates and when.

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