Manuel Mogato

Typhoon churns across Philippines, more than 1 million flee

June 25, 2019 at 7:55 a.m.

A powerful typhoon tore through the central Philippines on Sunday, bringing howling winds that toppled trees and power poles and cut off communications in areas where thousands were killed by...

China advierte a JapÃ³n; Filipinas acusa a PekÃn en disputa marÃtima

August 25, 2021 at 5:15 a.m.

Por Sui-Lee Wee y Manuel Mogato PEKIN/MANILA (Reuters) - China advirti ' el viernes a Jap 'n que se mantuviera fuera de una creciente disputa con sus vecinos por el...

Philippine, United States reach agreement on new security deal

August 25, 2021 at 3:56 a.m.

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines and the United States reached agreement on Friday on a new security accord allowing American military forces to share local bases for maritime and humanitarian...

Manila raises stakes with Beijing, seeks arbitration over South China Sea

December 23, 2018 at 11:11 p.m.

HONG KONG/MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines will file a case against China over the disputed South China Sea at an arbitration tribunal in The Hague next week, subjecting Beijing to...

Kerry ups ante in struggle to crack South China Sea rules

December 23, 2018 at 10:08 p.m.

HONG KONG/MANILA (Reuters) - Pressure is mounting on China and Southeast Asia to agree a code of conduct to keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, but Beijing...

Philippines great Pacquiao fights for devastated homeland

August 24, 2021 at 10:33 p.m.

MACAU/TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) - Filipino boxing great Manny Pacquiao will carry the weight of a nation in mourning when he enters the ring on Sunday in the first major international...

A resident (R) walks past high waves pounding the sea wall amidst strong winds as Typhoon Haiyan hit the city of Legaspi, Albay province, south of Manila on November 8, 2013. One of the most intense typhoons on record whipped the Philippines on November 8, killing three people and terrifying millions as monster winds tore roofs off buildings and giant waves washed away flimsy homes.

Survivors ‘walk like zombies’ after Philippine typhoon kills estimated 10,000

November 4, 2021 at 12:32 a.m.

TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) - One of the most powerful storms ever recorded killed at least 10,000 people in the central Philippines, a senior police official said on Sunday, with huge...

Survivors ‘walk like zombies’ after Philippine typhoon kills estimated 10,000

December 24, 2018 at 11:25 a.m.

TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) - One of the most powerful storms ever recorded killed at least 10,000 people in the central Philippines, a senior police official said on Sunday, with huge...

U.S., Japan press China on South China Sea dispute

August 24, 2021 at 9:17 p.m.

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will press China and Southeast Asian nations to discuss the South China Sea dispute at an Asian summit,...

As Obama plans Asia tour, postcard Philippines isle symbolizes U.S. pivot

August 24, 2021 at 8:54 p.m.

OYSTER BAY, Philippines (Reuters) - Its mangrove-fringed coral reefs support an abundant fish population. Its deep, blue waters are unmuddied by the monsoons that batter the western Philippines coastline. But...

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