Philippines

Drug lords 'living like kings' and operating rings from luxurious cells inside Philippines' Bilibid jail.

The rating is revised upward to Baa2 from Baa3 with stable outlook.

Consequences of Typhoon Hagupit are emblematic of the battle we are waging against nature.

BREAKING: Students from Central Mindanao University killed after bomb exploded on bus.

Hagupit downgraded to a tropical storm on Monday, is now moving closer towards the city of Manila.

Authorities downgrade Hagupit's status to tropical storm but warn it could still wreak havoc.

Tropical storm decimates Philippines while global climate talks in Peruvian capital Lima is underway.

Packing sustained winds upto 140kmph, Hagupit moves west northwest after making second landfall.

Troops put on red alert as more than half a million people seek cover in one of the country's largest ever evacuations.

Birdwatcher Lorenzo Vinciguerra escapes Isis-linked group after two years in captivity.

Tropical storm locally known as Ruby set to wreak havoc in eastern Visayas and central Philippines.

Data may stop central bank from more rate hikes, helping inflows.

The Filipino defenders his WBO title against Chris Algieri on Saturday.

Just 1% of homes have been built to house the homeless as Oxfam warns families are being left 'dangerously exposed'.

Memorial services held in storm-ravaged Tacloban City while Manila witnesses protests.

The group had been demanding a £3.4m ransom.

The original deadline for their safe release expired early this morning.

The group has warned it will execute one of the hostages in two days if its demands aren't met.

Five killed in severe flooding as tropical storm brings one month's rain in one day.

Fitch sees Philippines and Malaysia as safe and Mongolia vulnerable.

Typhoon Kalmaegi hits north-eastern Philippines with 100mph blasts of wind

A ferry sank in stormy weather in the central Philippines, leaving at least three people dead, many more missing and over 100 people saved.

Beijing warns Chinese nationals against travelling to the region.

Three emerging market central banks are in focus in the week after the ECB lowered interest rates and data highlighted unexpected weakness of the US labour market.

World Health Organization believes there has been a major under-estimation of the virus outbreak.

10 more injured and eight remain missing after powerful storm strikes Asian archipelago.

Little girl declared dead for a second time in the Philippines after stunning mourners at her funeral.

Beijing steps up rhetoric after US criticised its provocative and unilateral behaviour in region.

Stunned mourners cannot believe their own eyes as dead child wakes up.

Manila is seeking to establish an exclusive economic zone in waters that China also claims