The toll of dead and missing from a powerful earthquake that struck the Philippines has risen to 113 as the civil defence chief said on Sunday he had given up all hope of finding any more survivors.

Rescuers assisted by armed forces scrambled to find survivors in quake-hit central Philippines on Tuesday but a series of powerful aftershocks hampered them, as President Ninoy Aquino appealed for cal

A strong 6.8 earthquake hit the central Philippines on Monday but there was no danger of a widespread tsunami, seismologists said.

The quake hit 70 kilometres (44 miles) north of the city of Dumaguet

Philippine-Korean relations have suddenly gotten warmer. The Philippines' bachelor president, Benigno Aquino III, told reporters on Wednesday that, yes, he is dating again.

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A historic impeachment trial of the Philippines' top judge will begin on Monday as President Benigno Aquino steps up his popular but sometimes controversial crusade to stamp out corruption.

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At least 25 people were killed and about 100 others missing in the southern Philippines on Thursday after a landslide struck a community of gold prospectors, officials said.

The landslip hit a remote

Tens of thousands of Philippine flood survivors queued for their Christmas meal in packed evacuation centres on Sunday, holiday spirits doused by thoughts of more than 2,000 dead or missing kin.

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More than 1,000 people remain missing in the Philippines after devastating floods that have already left more than 1,000 others confirmed dead, the government said on Friday.

The latest toll stood at

Philippines authorities on Wednesday warned of a growing threat from disease in crowded evacuation centres, after devastating flash floods in the country's south that left at least 1,022 dead or missi

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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