The Philippine Coast Guard said fisherman had turned over a 12-foot-long underwater drone they found near the waters of Palawan.

Tropical Storm Matmo is edging closer to the Philippines' most populous region of Luzon, which it is expected to cross Friday

Emergency workers recovered the body of a child and his mother out of collapsed buildings in the central Philippines on Wednesday, a day after an earthquake killed at least 69 people and injured more than 200 others.

The death toll was expected to rise from the Tuesday magnitude-6.9 earthquake that trapped an unspecified number of residents in the hard-hit city of Bogo and outlying rural towns in Cebu province.

Meghan Markle’s father, Thomas Markle, was reportedly trapped on the 19th floor of his apartment building in the Philippines after the country’s deadliest earthquake in more than a decade.

Rescue workers recover the body of a child and his mother out of collapsed buildings in the central Philippines on Wednesday, a day after an earthquake killed at least 69 people and injured more than 200 others.

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the central Philippines on Sept. 30, leaving at least 69 dead and 147 more injured.

Generally, the foreign office advises against all travel to parts of the Philippines, including Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago. The FCDO encourages prospective travellers to Cebu and nearby provinces to contact their travel providers and check their travel insurance covers natural disasters.