The Philippine president-elect has encouraged the public to help him in his war against crime and urged citizens with guns to shoot and kill drug dealers who resisted arrest.

Boxing great Manny Pacquiao has won a seat in the Philippine Senate, bringing him closer to a possible shot at the presidency.

Millions of Filipinos lined up in blazing heat to elect a new president in a race whose front-runner is a brash mayor known for his sex jokes, pledges to kill criminals and a promise to end corruption within six months. 

A foul-mouthed, crime-busting mayor many compare to Donald Trump is the man to beat in the Philippines presidential election as voters weary of poverty, corruption and uprisings in the hinterlands look for a radical change at the top.

Sadness and disappointment gripped Filipinos after Manny Pacquiao’s defeat in his much-anticipated fight against American Floyd Mayweather Jr. but they still considered the boxing icon a national hero.

He may be Pacman to most of the world, but in his homeland, Pacquiao is the ‘Pambansang Ninong’ — national godfather

Pope Francis has left the Philippines after drawing what the Catholic bastion says was a record crowd of six million faithful in a Manila park where he celebrated Mass.

A record six million people poured into Manila’s rain-soaked streets and its biggest park as Pope Francis ended his Asian pilgrimage with an appeal for Filipinos to protect their young from sin and vice so they can instead become missionaries of the faith.

A record six million people poured into Manila’s rain-soaked streets and its biggest park as Pope Francis ended his Asian pilgrimage with an appeal for Filipinos to protect their young from sin and vice so they can instead become missionaries of the faith.

Pope Francis has called on Filipinos to reject the corruption that has plagued the nation for decades and urged them to instead work to end its “scandalous” poverty.

Ecstatic crowds greeted Pope Francis as he arrived in the Philippines, Asia’s most populous Catholic nation, for the first papal visit in 20 years.

Aid workers have described deserted streets and scenes of destruction in the Philippines as a typhoon started to work its way across the country.

The Ebola outbreak is “the most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times”, the World Health Organisation has said.

Under cover of darkness, 40 Filipino peacekeepers escaped their besieged outpost in the Golan Heights after a seven-hour gun battle with Syrian rebels, Philippine officials have said.

Under cover of darkness, 40 Filipino peacekeepers escaped their besieged outpost in the Golan Heights after a seven-hour gunbattle with Syrian rebels, Philippine officials have said.

Syrian rebels holding dozens of Fijian UN peacekeepers hostage have attacked Filipino troops in the Golan Heights, Philippine officials said.

With fireworks, dancing and late-night revelry, millions around the world welcomed 2014.

Exploding fireworks sprayed from the sails of the Sydney Opera House and the Australian city’s harbour bridge at midnight as the world ushered in a new year.

The death toll has doubled to more than 5,000 in typhoon-ridden Philippines as families continue to flee the worst hit areas and loved ones are reunited.

At face value, it may have appeared more than a little crass of the Asian Tour to go ahead with the Manila Masters last week in the wake of the devastation that visited other parts of the Philippines in the form of Typhoon Haiyan.

The Government is to provide €1m towards the relief effort for Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, where at least 10,000 people have died in one area.

The world’s strongest typhoon of the year has slammed into the Philippines.

Radio station 4FM’s The David Harvey Show has had a complaint against it upheld by the broadcasting auth-ority for not challenging racist remarks from callers.

Malaysian police say they have shot dead 31 Filipino intruders who sparked a security crisis in Borneo.

The duke of Edinburgh has joked about the number of Filipinos working in the NHS telling a nurse her country must now be half-empty, it has been reported.

More than 400 people were injured by powerful firecrackers and gunfire at New Year’s Eve celebrations in the Philippines — down 17% on a year earlier but still high enough to make it one of Asia’s most violent parties to welcome 2013.

More than 400 people were injured by powerful firecrackers and gunfire at New Year’s Eve celebrations in the Philippines – down 17% on a year earlier but still high enough to make it one of Asia’s most violent parties to welcome 2013.

Catholic fanatics in the Philippines had themselves nailed to the cross in a bloody display of religious frenzy as the Christian world marked the day Jesus was crucified.

A cruise ship with 1,000 people on board which had drifted for 24 hours after a fire is expected to reach Malaysia following repairs, the ship’s company said.

Former Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pleaded not guilty to an electoral fraud charge today at the opening of a landmark trial that is seen as a key test of her reformist successor’s campaign to stamp out corruption.

A Filipino worker was tied to a chair by a racist colleague in the North while another was locked in a freezer, a community representative has claimed.

The Philippine president has warned of a possible terrorist attack during an annual Catholic procession in Manila that may draw more than a million devotees.

A landslide tore through a small gold mining site in the southern Philippines today, killing at least 25 people and burying dozens more.

More than 200 people have been injured by illegal firecrackers and celebratory gunfire in the Philippines despite a government scare campaign against reckless holiday revelries, officials said today.

Several Filipinos have been nailed to wooden crosses to re-enact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a Good Friday rite that has been rejected by the Catholic church, but that draws thousands of tourists.

A popular Philippines TV game show was forced to apologise after featuring a boy of six being mocked by the audience as he tried to dance and sing.

Australia advised its citizens to consider leaving Tokyo and earthquake-affected areas today, joining a growing number of governments and businesses telling their people it may be safer elsewhere.

Ten construction workers plunged 25 storeys to their death today after a platform lift collapsed at a building site in the Philippine capital, officials said.

THE strongest typhoon in years to crash into the Philippines killed at least three people yesterday, leaving a wasteland of fallen trees and power poles and sending thousands scampering to safety in near-zero visibility.

Comedian Harry Enfield has revealed how he feared Ricky Gervais had killed off his TV career.

A sacked policeman armed with an automatic rifle seized a bus in the Philippines capital Manila today with 24 passengers, most of them Hong Kong tourists, in a bid to demand his reinstatement, police said.

Benigno Aquino III is today preparing to become the next Philippines president based on an almost-complete vote count in landmark elections.

The son of Corazon Aquino had a wide lead in the Philippines’ presidential elections today after campaigning on a promise to restore the government’s credibility by prosecuting corrupt officials.

Millions of Filipinos seeking a clean start after a decade of corruption-tainted politics voted in elections today despite scattered violence and glitches with vote-counting machines being used for the first time.