The President of the Philippines has sanctioned the use of lethal force to keep his country of 100 million people in lockdown. 


Human rights abuses on the rise in the Philippines amid coronavirus lockdown

Out of the 126 health and social care workers who have died after testing positive for the virus, 26 have been of Filipino descent.


Why are a disproportionate number of Filipino healthcare workers dying?

Wedding photographer Randolf Evan said the bride and groom seemed "collected and calm" despite the plumes of ash being emitted behind them.

More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from the area.

The Taal volcano in the Philippines has erupted, spewing lava and clouds of ash and steam and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands.

Tens of thousands of residents have been evacuated from the area south of the capital Manila.

Typhoon Phanfone also stranded many people in sea and airports at the peak of holiday travel.

Typhoon Phanfone, also locally known as Typhoon Ursula, made landfall in the central province of Samar on Tuesday.

The local government have temporary banned the sale of the wine in the Laguna province as investigations continue.


They were dragged from a hut in their resort at nightfall and bundled on to a motorboat.

Hundreds were taken to hospital after falling ill at an event to honour the former first lady of the Philippines.

Rescuers were still searching for survivors when a new and more powerful earthquake hit the island.

The amount of plastic was the most marine biologists had ever seen.

The bombs went around Jolo cathedral during Sunday mass.

Rescuers are still digging through the massive mound of mud and debris covering a chapel where they had sheltered.