“No evidence has been presented to support claims that the country was used for terrorist training,” she adds, reading from a National Security Council statement. “There is no validated report or confirmation that individuals involved in the Bondi Beach incident received any form of training in the Philippines.”

According to the Philippine National Police, 119 rallies were organized by the Catholic Church, civil society movements, and others,

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been scrambling to quell public outrage over the massive corruption blamed for substandard, defective or nonexistent flood control projects.

The Philippines Bureau of Immigration said on Tuesday that the two alleged gunmen behind the mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach travelled to the Philippines on November 1 aboard Philippine Airlines Flight PR212 from Sydney to Manila and onward to Davao.

For nearly four weeks, the pair is believed to have travelled through Mindanao, the second-biggest island in the Philippines archipelago and one that has served – at different times – as a battleground, sanctuary and training ground for Islamist militant groups aligned with al-Qaeda and later Islamic State.

More than 100 Filipinos affected by Super Typhoon Rai are suing the British company in a case that will likely test whether fossil fuel companies can be held liable for specific climate disasters

Manila's coast guard said nearly two dozen Filipino fishing boats near Sabina Shoal were targeted with water cannon and blocking manoeuvres.

China accused the Philippines of provoking a confrontation in the South China Sea after an incident last week that left Filipino fishermen injured, reviving tensions in the long-disputed waters.

Reports of Meghan Markle’s dad, Thomas Markle, having a major leg surgery have taken over the internet. While he has been recovering in the Philippines, a source revealed that the Duchess of Sussex allegedly has no plans to visit him.