Philippines
Conflict
This marks the second time since April that the Philippines have heavily protested the Chinese presence around Pag-asa.
Migration
Filipino President, Rodrigo Duterte requested a kiss on the lips from a young Filipino woman at an event in Seoul, South Korea.
Politics
President Rodrigo Duterte came to power in May 2016, riding on the wave of a harsh anti-drug rhetoric.
Crime
National Bureau of Investigation agents had found sex toys, used condoms, sex pills and computers with pornographic materials in a raid in 2013.
Society
The Philippines military lauded the efforts of the crew members for their quick-thinking in handling the dreaded Abu Sayyaf militants.
Politics
Philippines president recently stirred up a controversy after asking his troops to shoot female communist rebels in their vaginas.
Conflict
"Shoot female rebels in their vaginas," President Rodrigo Duterte tells Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Society
"I will close Boracay. Boracay is a cesspool," warns the Philippines president.
Conflict
Philippines' president says his country is a dictatorship but claims that that is just what it needs.
Weird World
Manila resident AJ Magallon posted a selfie of his encounter with his ex-girlfriend and her new man to break the ice.
Crime
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte under preliminary investigation at International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity in war on drugs.
Politics
The Philippines president hits back at the European Union bloc and explains how he does not want to visit Brussels.
Politics
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's sexist joke has angered women's rights groups, with some of them saying the remarks are "extremely worrying".
Politics
Philippines president Duterte has repeatedly made it clear that he does want to stay in power beyond his term when it ends in 2022.
Environment
Lava fountains gush up 700 metres (2,300 feet) above Mount Mayon's crater and ash plumes tower up to three kilometres (1.9 miles) in the sky.
Society
Lava flowed at least half a kilometer (less than half a mile) down a gulley from the crater and on Monday morning, ash clouds appeared mid-slope, said Renato Solidum, head of the volcano institute.
Religion
Devotees squeezed their way into the tightly packed mob and climbed on others in a desperate attempt to reach the carriage carrying the Black Nazarene through Manila.
Human Rights
Children as young as three spend their days sitting in soot and breathing in coal dust and toxic smoke to make charcoal out of wood scavenged from rubbish dumps.
Politics
Paolo Duterte stepped down as Davao city's vice mayor on Christmas day after months of accusations that he was involved in illegal drug trade.
Society
Many of the victims of the blaze at the Davao shopping centre were suspected of being trapped in a call centre office in the building.