At least 15 people died after a truck plunged off a cliff in South Cotabato province in southern Philippines on September 17, according to local police.

To help deal with plastic waste, the Philippines plans to soon put into use a new 25 million peso (481,877 USD) garbage-disposal plant in Metro Manila, the Nikkei Asia Review reported on September 14.

The Philippines has gained from the trade war between the US and China, according to a review of export data of the country in the first seven months of 2019 by Maybank Kim Eng analysts.

Philippine police on September 13 said they had arrested more than 270 Chinese nationals in a raid against a gang wanted for their role in a vast investment fraud that cost victims in China millions of US dollars.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his Singaporean counterpart Halimah Yacob have discussed measures to strengthen defence and security cooperation, and boost trade and investment flows.

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines on September 10, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

A suicide bomber was killed after detonating a bomb outside a military camp on Jolo island, the southern Philippines on September 8.

A Vietnam – Philippines business matching took place in Hanoi on September 6 to help Vietnamese enterprises explore opportunities to export goods and services to the Philippines.

Russia has appointed its first defense attaché to the Philippines in over 40 years, showing increased defence cooperation between the two countries, according to the Russian Embassy in the Southeast Asian nation.

The Philippine Department of Health (DOH) on August 30 announced a report on dengue fever outbreaks in the country, saying that the number of dengue cases since the beginning of 2019 is more than double of the figure recorded in the same period last year.

The Philippines and China have signed six bilateral agreements related to economic growth, education, and science and technology during President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to Beijing from August 28 to September 1.

Vietnam beat the Philippines 2-1 in the first semi-final match of the ASEAN Football Federation Women’s Championships on August 25 in Thailand.

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang on August 20 presented certificates of merit to nine fishermen in Go Cong town for saving 22 Philippine sailors who met an accident at sea.

The number of dengue cases in the Philippines has surged to 188,000 with 807 deaths in the first eight months of this year, the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) reported on August 20.