Rescuers in helicopters and boats were Saturday desperately searching for nearly 300 people missing after a ferry sank in the Philippines, with at least 24 already confirmed killed.

Guinness World Records has declared that a huge crocodile blamed for deadly attacks in the southern Philippines is the largest in captivity in the world. The giant reptile has brought pride, fear, tou

A Philippine Catholic school is witholding the diplomas of six high school boys who uploaded Facebook photos that appear to show them kissing each other, an education official said on Friday.

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A Philippine teenager is suing her exclusive Catholic girls school after it punished the student for posting a Facebook picture of herself reportedly in a bikini, a court said Wednesday.

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The Philippines prepared for mass burials of flood victims on Monday to minimise health risks from rotting cadavers after a cyclone disaster left hundreds dead or missing on Mindanao island.

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A four-seater cargo plane crashed onto a crowded Philippine slum on Saturday, sparking a fire that killed 12 people including three children and left at least another 20 injured, officials said.

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Eight people were killed as two warring Muslim clans clashed in a long-running feud stemming from the sale of a car, the local military commander said on Monday.

Soldiers were deployed in a remote re

A monster crocodile which is reputedly the world's largest is the star attraction at its own nature park which opened in the Philippines this weekend, weeks after the beast's capture.

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A 20-foot (6.1-meter) saltwater crocodile that may be the world's largest in captivity has not eaten since it was captured in the Philippines.

Officials are closely monitoring the croc nicknamed 'Lol

Villagers and veteran hunters have captured a one-ton saltwater crocodile which they plan to make the star of a planned ecotourism park in a southern Philippine town, an official said Monday.

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