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August 19–30 – The Philippines competed at the 29th Southeast Asian Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Philippines finished the 29th SEA Games in 6th place with a medal haul of 24 Golds, 33 Silvers and 64 Bronze which is the country's worst finish in 18 years.
The typhoon left 225 people dead and unleashed destructive impacts across the Philippines, South China, and Vietnam in July 2014. It reached the Philippines after passing directly over Guam with a ...
The typhoon has also surpassed the strength of any storm recorded in 2022 and now stands equivalent to a category 5 super typhoon. #Mawar now up to 150 knots (175 mph) per latest JTWC advisory ...
Preemptive evacuation underway in Philippines. 08:30, Stuti Mishra. Over a hundred people have been evacuated from the coastal areas of the Philippines as typhoon Mawar raises alerts for heavy ...
8 dead. 200 injured [1] The 2017 Surigao earthquake occurred on February 10, 2017, at 10:03 PM ( PST ), with a surface wave magnitude of 6.7 off the coast of Surigao del Norte in the Philippines. According to the PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale the earthquake was an Intensity VII ( Destructive) earthquake at maximum.
4 dead, [2] 100+ injured. On July 6, 2017, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Leyte, causing at least 4 deaths and 100 injuries. The quake also caused power interruptions in the whole of Eastern Visayas and nearby Bohol . The Philippine archipelago is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, where earthquakes and volcanic activity are common.
June. June 1 – President Duterte issued Executive Order No. 27, directing all government agencies and instrumentalities, including local government units, to implement the ' Philippine Development Plan ' and ' Public Investment Program ' for the period 2017–2022.
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean , it consists of 7,641 islands , with a total area of 300,000 square kilometers, [17] which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon , Visayas , and Mindanao .