Philippine typhoon death toll crosses 280

Stunned parents searching for missing children examined a row of mud-stained bodies covered with banana leaves while survivors dried their soaked belongings on roadsides on Wednesday, a day after a powerful typhoon killed more than 280 people in the southern Philippines.

15 dead, 12 injured in Philippine hotel fire

A fire tore through a budget hotel, rousing some guests and trapping others in upper floor bathrooms today in the northern Philippines.

15 dead in Philippine bus crash

 Fifteen people were killed and around 48 people got injured in a bus crash in Philippines. The speeding bus slammed into a concrete fence in the central Philippines, informed police on Sunday, Jul 4. 

Philippine troops, backed by artillery and helicopter fire, have captured a key jungle camp of the Abu Sayyaf extremist group and may have killed several militants during a two-day assault, military officials said yesterday.
Marines and army troops captured the jungle encampment in Jolo island's mountainous Patikul township Friday with the help of U.S. military intelligence, regional military chief Lt. Gen. Benjamin Dolorfino said. About 50 Abu Sayyaf fighters led by ailing commander Radulan Sahiron