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Philippine forces shot dead two terrorists carrying an improvised explosive device (IED) in the southern province of North Cotabato on August 8.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh had bilateral meetings on August 4 with the Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and foreign ministers of the Philippines and Brunei within the framework of the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 51) in Singapore.

Dozens of luxury motorbikes and cars worth total 5.5 million USD were destroyed in the Philippines under the witness of President Rodrigo Duterte as part of an anti-corruption campaign.

At least six people were killed in a bomb attack in the early hours of July 31 in Basilan, an island province in southern Philippines, according to international media.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has proposed a dialogue between his administration and the country's Islamist extremist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) to end conflicts.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on July 26 signed a Muslim autonomy law to allow minority Muslims in the south to start moving towards self-rule by 2022, a bid to tackle extremism and defuse a half-century of separatist conflict in Mindanao.

President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte vowed during his annual State of the Nation address on July 23 to pursue his war on drugs, saying it would be as “relentless and chilling” as before.

Twelve terrorists have been killed in clashes with Philippine government security forces, bringing the death toll of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters to 57 in the ongoing campaign in the southern Philippines that started on June 1.

Two Philippine women were kidnapped on a road connecting Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad to oil-rich city of Kirkuk, local security and military officials said on July 7.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Philippines have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a 7.1-billion-USD lending programme from 2019 to 2021 for the Southeast Asian nation.

Philippine soldiers backed by armoured vehicles have retaken a southern town held for 12 hours by pro-Islamic State (IS) militants, the army said on July 4.

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) on July 3 announced a plan to build more bases and expand its operations throughout the country as it has stepped up efforts to enhance the capability of its armed forces.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into the Philippines in the first quarter of this year rose to 2.2 billion USD, an increase of 43.5 percent from the same period last year.

Mayor of Batangas province’s Tanauan city Antonio Cando Halili was shot dead on July 2 while attending a weekly flag raising ceremony for government officials.