At least four people were killed and more than a dozen injured when an explosion ripped through a passenger bus in the Philippines capital, Manila, officials said today.

Two landslides triggered by heavy rains buried more than 20 houses in a remote gold-mining village in the southern Philippines, leaving at least 11 people dead and 16 others missing, officials said today.

Rescuers are looking at boring a hole in the hull of a capsized ferry in a desperate attempt to find survivors amid fears that more than 800 passengers and crew may have died as Typhoon Fengshen carved an erratic, deadly swath through the Philippines.

Typhoon Fengshen lashed the Philippines for a second day today, leaving at least 80 people dead as it submerged entire communities and capsized a passenger ferry carrying more than 740 passengers and crew.

At least three people were killed and 10 others injured when a cooking gas tank exploded in a restaurant in the capital of the Philippines today, police said today.

A five-year-old boy was killed and dozens of people wounded today wounded when a powerful bomb ripped through a teeming bus terminal in the Philippines.

A Philippine fish vendor was nailed to a cross for a final time today, fulfilling his vow to go through the annual Lenten ritual 15 times to give thanks for his mother’s recovery from tuberculosis.