Benigno Aquino

Divisions among opposition may hand presidency to man known as the Punisher

Rodrigo Duterte supports public executions, extra-judicial killings – and gay rights

Two dead, as least six missing after storm with winds of 185km/h makes landfall

Coastal villages face possible forced evacuations amid flooding fears

Abbott says relationship between the two countries cannot be “business as usual”

Executions by firing squad as soon as Tuesday night as clemency appeals denied

Manila says Chinese coastguard used cannon to drive away fishermen at Scarborough Shoal

When the pope speaks of Catholics breeding ‘like rabbits’ he generates worldwide headlines

UN says it has ‘received assurances’ that Fijian peacekeepers are safe and in good health

Board member of Japanese state media denies attack took place

President Benigno Aquino says the scale of the suffering ‘tempted him to despair’

Number of citizens displaced in Philippines estimated to be at least 4 million

Aid effort remains patchy as many bodies of typhoon victims remain uncollected on remote islands

Officials in Tacloban estimate 4,000 have died as bodies are placed in mass graves

President accused of ‘downplaying casualties’ as 22,000 believed still missing