Solar power booms in Philippines as war on Iran spikes energy costs
With Southeast Asia’s largest electricity bills rising even higher, Filipinos invest in rooftop panels.

With Southeast Asia’s largest electricity bills rising even higher, Filipinos invest in rooftop panels.










A 16-year-old suspected gunman has shot two students dead and injured several others at a school in the Philippines.
Philippine Coast Guard accuses China of dangerous military manoeuvres near Palawan province.
At least eight people were also injured in the country’s third deadly school shooting since June.
Former Philippine president accused of setting up death squads faces trial starting on November 30.
National lawmakers propose paying her fine should WTA impose it on her for skipping the concurrent mandatory China Open.
No party wins majority in parliamentary polls in southern Philippines’ Muslim-majority region, unofficial results show.
With 98.56 percent of party-list votes counted, no party has received a majority, according to unofficial results.

Gunshots were heard at a polling station in the Muslim-majority Bangsamoro region of the southern Philippines.
Genta Koja beat two-term incumbent Denny Tamaki, who wants a major US military base to be moved out of Okinawa.
Deadly violence marred the elections one day before the polls opened in the southern Philippine region.