Australian and Filipino authorities are investigating a recent trip to the southern Philippines by a father and son accused of gunning down 15 people at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

While the timing of the Australian attackers’ trip to the Philippines warrants scrutiny, the Islamic State’s presence in the country is much diminished today.

According to the Philippine National Police, 119 rallies were organized by the Catholic Church, civil society movements, and others,

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been scrambling to quell public outrage over the massive corruption blamed for substandard, defective or nonexistent flood control projects.

Manila's coast guard said nearly two dozen Filipino fishing boats near Sabina Shoal were targeted with water cannon and blocking manoeuvres.

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday dismissed as “misleading” claims branding the Philippines as a hot spot for Islamic State (IS) training, following reports that the shooters in the Bondi Beach massacre that killed 16 people had stayed in the Philippines for a month before the shooting.

Chinese coast guard ships have used powerful water cannons and blocking maneuvers against 20 Philippine fishing boats off a disputed South China Sea shoal.