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. 

Corpses hung from trees, were scattered on sidewalks, or buried in flattened buildings — some of the 10,000 people believed killed in one city alone by the ferocious Typhoon Haiyan that washed away homes and buildings with powerful winds and giant waves.

As many as 10,000 people are believed to have died in one Philippine city alone after one of the worst storms ever recorded unleashed ferocious winds and giant waves that washed away homes and schools.

Ireland is to provide aid worth €125,000 to help families affected by Typhoon Bopha, the Minister for Trade and Development Joe Costello confirmed today.

Fishermen found body parts, combat boots and other debris today that were believed to be from a C-130 military transport plane that crashed after taking off in the southern Philippines with nine crew members on board.

A trio of bombs jolted the Philippines today, killing at least three people and injuring at least 16 others.

A key suspect in terror attacks that killed 42 people in the Philippines last year has been arrested with two associates, a senior military official in the country said today.

A bomb exploded today at a crowded market, killing at least 13 people, in the latest deadly attack in the southern Philippines, officials said.

Filipino officials now believe 13 people were killed in the blast and 34 injured in the southern Philippines.

At least six people have been killed today in a large explosion in the southern Philippines.

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo today ruled out a combat role for US troops in the southern Philippines, despite a terrorist bombing in the area that killed 21 people and injured 148.

A POWERFUL bomb hidden in a backpack exploded yesterday at an airport in the southern Philippines, killing at least 19 people and wounding more than 100, including three Americans, authorities said. The government called it a “brazen act of terrorism.”

A POWERFUL bomb hidden in a backpack exploded yesterday at an airport in the southern Philippines, killing at least 19 people and wounding 147, authorities said.

A powerful bomb hidden in a backpack killed at least 17 people today when it ripped through a crowd outside an airport in the southern Philippines.

Two people have died and at least 50 others are injured after a grenade attack during Labour Day celebrations in the southern Philippines today.

Philippines police said they thwarted a possible terrorist attack in a pre-dawn raid today that killed two suspected Muslim militants and left three others in custody.