Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao officially announced on Wednesday he is retiring from the sport as he is planning to run for the Philippine presidency in the 2022 elections. In a video on social media, the 42-year-old eight-division world champion said, “Goodbye boxing” while he thanked the whole world and the Filipino people for supporting him throughout…
Boxing Great Manny Pacquiao Announces Retirement to Focus on Philippine Presidency
The Road of the Philippines
In this episode, the director takes us to the Philippines and visits the country by jeepney, bus, train, and boat. The archipelago reveals the wonders of the islands, in particular Luzon, Palawan, and Cebu, but also its exceptional nature: mountains formed into terraces, deep forests, coasts, beaches, and islands—a total of 7,000 large and small…
Tsunami Warning Issued After Quake Near Pondaguitan in Philippines
An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck some 63 km (39 miles) east of Pondaguitan in the Philippines, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and the U.S. Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami warning. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said that damage and aftershocks were expected, according to CNN. The quake was at a…
Philippine Leader Unabashedly Threatens to Kill Drug Dealers in Final State of the Nation Speech
MANILA, Philippines—Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte unabashedly renewed his threat to kill drug dealers in his final state of the nation speech on Monday, while defending his non-confrontational approach in the country’s territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea. Duterte, 76, who won a six-year presidential term in 2016, is winding down his often-tumultuous…
Philippines Evacuates Thousands as Monsoon Rains Flood Manila, Provinces
MANILA—Philippine authorities moved thousands of residents in the capital, Manila, out of low-lying communities on Saturday as heavy monsoon rains, compounded by a tropical storm, flooded the city and nearby provinces. The national disaster agency said about 15,000 people, most of them from a flood-prone Manila suburb, had moved into evacuation centres. “We decided to…
Philippines to Probe Report of Chinese Sewage-Dumping at Sea
MANILA—The Philippines’ defence minister on Tuesday ordered the military to investigate a report by a U.S.-based tech firm that hundreds of Chinese vessels were dumping sewage into contested areas of the South China Sea. China maintains a constant presence of coastguard and fishing boats in the South China Sea to assert its claim of sovereignty,…
Philippines Seeks US Help on Data Recorders for Plane Crash Probe
MANILA—The Philippines will send black boxes of a Lockheed C-130 aircraft that crashed at the weekend to the United States to seek expert help in opening and analysing them, the military chief said on Wednesday. The United States has committed to help extract information from the flight data and cockpit voice recorders that could shed…
Philippine Military Plane Crashes, 31 Dead, 50 Rescued
MANILA, Philippines—A Philippine air force C-130 aircraft carrying combat troops crashed in a southern province while landing Sunday, killing at least 29 army soldiers on board and two civilians on the ground, while at least 50 were rescued from the burning wreckage, officials said. Some soldiers were seen jumping off the aircraft before it crashed…
At Least 17 Killed in Philippines Troop Plane Crash, 40 Rescued
MANILA—At least 17 people were killed when a Philippines Air Force plane carrying troops crashed on landing in the south of the country and broke up in flames on Sunday. The Lockheed C-130 transport aircraft crashed at Patikul in Sulu province, in the far south of the archipelago nation where the army has been fighting…
Mass Evacuation Underway as Philippines Raises Volcano Danger Level
MANILA—Authorities in the Philippines started evacuating thousands of people on Thursday after the alert status was raised on a restive volcano that spewed a one-kilometer (0.62 mile) high plume of gas and steam. The alert for the Taal volcano, about 70 km (45 miles) south of central Manila, moved to level 3 from level 2…
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