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With his signature bombast, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told a crowd of cheering supporters in January that his successor was a drug addict. The man who replaced him, Ferdinand «Bongbong» Marcos Jr, shot back, saying the former leader must have hurled the insult in an opioid-fuelled haze.
The ruins of an almost 300-year-old town have resurfaced as searing temperatures in the Philippines partially dried up a major dam.
President Joe Biden has vowed that the US will defend the Philippines from any attack in the South China Sea, calling its support for Manila «ironclad».
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has assured the Philippines, a key Washington ally, of US support amid heightened tensions with China.
Hundreds of people have been rescued from a scam centre in the Philippines that made them pose as lovers online.
China says the Philippines ignored proposals it put forward to «manage» their dispute in the South China Sea.
At least 68 people are now known to have died after a landslide swept through a goldmining village in the Philippines almost a week ago.
The president of the Philippines is facing criticism on social media for using a presidential helicopter to attend a Coldplay concert in a province north of the capital, Manila.