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Seven people have died after a high-speed Philippine ferry carrying 134 people caught fire on Monday, with seven passengers still missing, the coast guard said.

President Rodrigo Duterte’s chief economic manager has warned against repealing the rice tariffication law (RTL), pointing to the big reduction in rice prices for Filipino consumers from allowing imports.

China appeared to be carrying out new construction work on the artificial island it had built on Zamora (Subi) Reef in the West Philippine Sea over the last four months, according to US geospatial company Simularity.

Philippine residents headed to cast their ballots on Monday (May 9), after polls opened in the country's most divisive presidential election in decades, with the prospect of a once-unthinkable return to the rule of the Marcos family, 36 years after they were toppled in a "people power" uprising.

Former political prisoner Cristina Bawagan still has the dress she wore the day she was arrested, tortured and sexually abused by soldiers during the late Philippines' dictator Ferdinand Marcos's brutal era of martial law.

The Philippines and the United States have agreed to strengthen their “strategic civil nuclear cooperation” to improve the country’s energy security and other nonmilitary uses of nuclear power under a memorandum of understanding (MOU), the Department of Energy (DOE) said on Saturday.

The bill will require social media networks to get the real name and phone number of users during the creation of an account.

At least 389 people died with 64 more missing in the Philippines from Typhoon Rai, the 15th and most powerful to have hit the country this year.

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Consulate General in New York City will conduct more self-defense training workshops for members of the Filipino community after two more hate crime incidents were reported this month.

"To this day, Fort Detrick remains too dangerous a mystery to be ignored by WHO experts," said an online petition launched by Philippine influencers.

The Philippine economy may grow by 7 percent next year after shrinking by 11 percent this year as mobility improves alongside the migration to digital platforms, Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) lead economist Emilio Neri Jr. said.

President Rodrigo Duterte pushed for corporate tax cuts and targeted support for pandemic-hit industries as part of a recovery plan, and told lawmakers on Monday he'd asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help the Philippines get priority access to a covid-19 vaccine.