Philippine lawmakers and former officials have become embroiled in a ballooning graft scandal involving bogus flood control projects, but social media users claiming an informant's testimony is "scripted" have shared a manipulated video.

The Philippine Marine Corps in a video presentation revealed the deployment of the Indian-made supersonic missiles in Western Luzon under the Marine’s Coastal Defense Regiment’s command

Philippine bishops have urged Catholics and others to demand accountability and transparency from government authorities for the misuse of public funds.

Typhoon Kalmaegi flooded swathes of the central Philippines in early November, sweeping away cars and riverside shanties, and tearing roofs off buildings, but images circulating on social media of an elderly couple waiting to be rescued from muddy floodwaters was not filmed in the archipelago.

A second typhoon in a week is churning toward the Philippines, with residents in its path warned to flee the looming destructive winds and life-threatening storm surges.