MANILA, Nov 2 — Philippine officials sent off the Malaysian government disaster management team at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City today, expressing profound gratitude for the swift response to the country’s cry for help, reported the Philippine News Agency (PNA).

MANILA, Oct 28 — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed a "death squad" existed under his watch to control crime when he was Davao City mayor, but gave conflicting accounts of its makeup, first saying it was run by police officers, then by gangsters.

MANILA, Oct 27—Military aircraft from Singapore and Malaysia arrived in the Philippines on Saturday to assist in ongoing relief operations following the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami).

MANILA, Oct 26 — Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, and Indonesia are sending assistance to the Philippines to support recovery efforts following the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Trami, Philippine News Agency reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 — Malaysia and the Philippines are committed to ongoing negotiations regarding the South China Sea, aimed at establishing a 'code of conduct' through constructive dialogue and consultations under international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

MANILA, Oct 14 — The Philippines doubts China's intention to negotiate a regional code of conduct in the South China Sea although Manila is looking forward to continuing discussions, Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro said today.

MANILA, Oct 3 — Global defence contractors put their advanced hardware on display as the Philippines embarks on the latest phase of a multi-billion-dollar effort to modernise its military at a time of rising tension in the South China Sea.

MANILA, Sept 28 — Australia and the Philippines said their militaries would conduct a joint maritime activity with Japan, New Zealand, and the United States (US) in the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines, which covers one of Asia's most sensitive sites.

BEIJING, Sept 27 — China's Coast Guard has said the Philippines sent a civilian ship to ferry daily necessities to a warship at the Second Thomas Shoal that Beijing says was illegally "beached" in the disputed waterway of the South China Sea.

MANILA, Sept 26 — The Philippines' lower house of congress has slashed funding for Vice President Sara Duterte by nearly two-thirds in the proposed 2025 budget, as a deep split between Duterte and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr looms over midterm elections next year.

YANGON, Sept 25 — The European Union (EU) has allocated up to €1.2 million (RM5.5 million) in humanitarian aid to assist people severely impacted by Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar, the state-run daily The Global New Light of Myanmar reported today, according to Xinhua.

MANILA, Sept 16 — The Philippines will continuously deploy vessels in the contested Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea, its coast guard said today after a Philippine ship returned to port after a five-month deployment there.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim extended heartfelt birthday wishes to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, who is celebrating his 67th birthday today.

MANILA, Sept 12 — The Philippines reaffirmed its position on the Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea even as it agreed with China to explore ways to lower the tension in area, its Foreign Ministry said today.

MANILA, Sept 8 — An influential evangelist preacher from the Philippines accused of sex trafficking and sexual abuse has been arrested, the interior minister said today.

HANOI, Sept 8 — Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, was downgraded to a tropical depression today after wreaking havoc in northern Vietnam, China's Hainan, and the Philippines, claiming dozens of lives, according to preliminary reports.

MANILA, Sept 8 — Former Philippines mayor Alice Guo, accused of ties to Chinese criminal syndicates and laundering over 100 million pesos (RM7.7 million), arrived in Manila early yesterday after being deported from Indonesia.

HANOI/HAIPHONG/BEIJING, Sept 7 — Asia's most powerful storm this year made landfall in northern Vietnam today, the meteorological agency said, killing at least two people after tearing through China's island of Hainan, where it reportedly killed another two and injured dozens more.

HONG KONG, Sept 5 — China's southern provinces and cities braced for the arrival of Super Typhoon Yagi, shutting schools and postponing flights ahead of its expected landfall along Hainan's tropical coast, in what could be the most powerful storm to hit in nearly a decade.

MANILA, Sept 4 — A fugitive former mayor in the Philippines accused of links to Chinese criminal syndicates has been arrested in Indonesia, Manila's Justice Ministry said in a statement today.