Manila
Photo: Mike Gonzalez (TheCoffee), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
Headlines and summaries are written by AI. How it works
- yesterday
Manila summons Chinese envoy over remarks it calls a threat to use force
Foreign Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro called in Ambassador Jing Quan on Monday, 19 October, after he said Beijing could easily win a military confrontation with the Philippines.
- 5d ago
Manila protests Chinese envoy's 'thinly veiled threat' remark as Beijing vows countermeasures
Ambassador Jing Quan said on Thursday, 15 October, that China could easily win a clash with the Philippines. On Friday, 16 October, Manila called the remark a threat, and Beijing's defense ministry promised unspecified countermeasures.
- Oct 9
Pope Leo names Filipino Cardinal Tagle dean of the College of Cardinals
Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, 69, replaces 92-year-old Giovanni Battista Re in a post that runs a papal transition and shapes who votes in the next conclave.
- Oct 8
ICC rules former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte fit for trial on November 30
Judges in The Hague rejected defense claims of cognitive decline, clearing the 81-year-old former leader to face charges of crimes against humanity over his anti-narcotics crackdown.
- Oct 7
Polish President Karol Nawrocki boxes with Manny Pacquiao during official Philippines visit
Polish President Karol Nawrocki completed a focus mitt boxing workout with former world champion Manny Pacquiao during an official trip to Manila that included bilateral agreements with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
- Oct 7
Polish President Karol Nawrocki visits the Philippines to expand defence, trade and diplomatic ties
Karol Nawrocki completed high-level talks with Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Manila, opening the first visit by a Polish president to the Philippines to promote IT trade, G20 membership goals and PZL Mielec defence deliveries.
- Oct 5
Karol Nawrocki begins official visit to the Philippines for G20 talks and IT summit
Polish President Karol Nawrocki opens a three-day official visit to Manila on 6 October 2026, meeting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and addressing the 5th Poland-Philippines IT Business Summit.
- Oct 1
WTA mandates equal prize money at all combined 1000 tournaments starting in 2027
Starting in 2027, the Italian Open, Canadian Open, and Cincinnati Open will match ATP payouts, while top-50 players will see mandatory 500-level commitments drop from six tournaments to four.
- Sep 25
DreamWorks Releases Filipino Mythology Feature 'Forgotten Island' From Crawford and Mercado
Directors Joel Crawford and Januel P. Mercado blend 1990s nostalgia with Filipino mythology in the animated feature starring H.E.R. and Liza Soberano.
- Sep 22
EU and Philippines agree on trade deal as Canada advances parallel pact
Brussels and Manila have reached an agreement in principle on a free trade deal that removes tariffs on over 94% of tariff lines, while Canada reports separate talks are 90% complete.
- Sep 19
Chinese coast guard ship CCG-21585 rams Philippine fisheries vessel off Palawan
A China Coast Guard ship collided with the Philippine fisheries vessel BRP Datu Magat Salamat during a fuel delivery mission off Palawan on 18 September 2026.
- Sep 18
Shooting at Philippine high school leaves three dead and up to eight injured
A 16-year-old student opened fire inside Banga National High School in South Cotabato, killing two 14-year-old classmates and himself while injuring up to eight others.
- Sep 10
Philippine ferry fire leaves at least 5 dead and over 80 missing off Palawan
At least five people died and up to 87 remain missing after a fire engulfed the passenger ferry MV June Aster off Coron in Palawan on Wednesday night, prompting an overnight rescue effort by the Philippine Coast Guard.
- Sep 10
Philippine ferry fire death toll rises to 76 as rescuers search charred vessel
The recovery of 41 additional bodies from the burned wreckage of the MV June Aster has raised the confirmed death toll to 76, with 13 people still missing off Palawan province.
- Aug 22
Germany defeats Croatia 96-87 to claim basketball Supercup in Hamburg
Oscar da Silva scored 22 points in front of 9,583 spectators at the Barclays Arena as Germany secured its seventh Supercup title ahead of World Cup qualifiers.
- Aug 18
Two students die in livestreamed shooting at Philippine Catholic high school
A ninth-grade student shot and killed a classmate before taking his own life at Ateneo de Zamboanga University in the southern Philippines, leaving two others injured.
- Aug 16
Elena Colas, 16, wins four medals at European gymnastics championships in Zagreb
The 16-year-old French gymnast collected gold, silver and two bronze medals at the European Championships in Zagreb, leading France to a third consecutive team bronze.
- Jul 24
Rubio and Lavrov hold 35-minute Manila meeting; US says Anchorage peace framework has failed
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged that the peace framework discussed at the 2025 Trump-Putin summit in Anchorage is no longer viable, after a brief meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Manila.
- Jul 23
Rubio rejects Lavrov's demand to halt arms to Ukraine at ASEAN summit in Manila
At a half-hour meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Manila, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that Washington's military support for Kyiv will not change, despite Moscow's call to halt the 'unacceptable' arming of Ukraine.
- Jul 23
Lavrov warns Rubio against 'inadmissible' US arms to Ukraine as first meeting in 10 months yields no breakthrough
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that continued American arms deliveries to Ukraine are 'inadmissible' during a 30-minute meeting in Manila, while Rubio insisted Washington's policy remains unchanged and called for 'new ideas' to end the war.
