Recent protests against political corruption in the Philippines led to violent clashes at the presidential palace. The country’s rulers shouldn’t be surprised at the reaction after imposing their own forms of violence on its working classes for so long.

The death toll from a tropical storm that swept across the central Philippines and southern Luzon has risen to 10, disaster officials said on Friday, as the country's north continued

Two people have died in the Philippines after Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall overnight, flooding multiple provinces. Torrential rains, strong winds and storm surges forced tens of thousands to evacuate from their homes. Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, hit the country with sustained winds of up to 150 kilometres per hour, and gusts of up to 205kph.