U.S. troops presence in the Philippines altruistic?

MANILA, Philippines - It’s where security analysts believe al-Qaida first got its foothold in Southeast Asia, and at least a year before the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was the second front of America’s so-called “war on terror.”

America’s forgotten frontline: The Philippines

JOLO, Southern Philippines - It’s been touted as a rare U.S. military success against Islamic extremists in the so-called global war on terror.

In a village in the Philippines "fish fell on roofs of houses following a heavy downpour [Friday], police and local officials said on Saturday."

Maguindanao Massacre: While It's Too Late

POSITION PAPER OF THE WRITERSCONNECT INTERNATIONAL (WCII), PHILIPPINES

I'm Joseph Ejercito Estrada and I'm running for the presidency of the Republic of the Philippines. I dropped out when I was in third year college engineering because I was discovered in the movies.

The Asia Foundation, a "charity group" founded and funded by the CIA that represents American political and economic interests in Asia, is now part of a group that would help facilitate the peace process between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front …

She joined LFS in early 2008 and was an active participant in the League's many activities, including the National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission (NIHM) of October 2008 in the face of humanitarian crises plaguing the war-stricken Moroland.

Maritess Allen, feng shui expert and CEO of the Philippine franchise of World of Feng Shui (WOFS), told local press in early December that the Year of the Tiger (which 2010 happens to be) is "the most feared by Asians."

Writing From Manila - There's a tendency for eyes to glaze over when reports of violence in the Philippines are reported. "Sorry for the redundancy," we say. But the Nov. 23 massacre of 57 people merits consideration.

Reports from the NUJP local chapters in Mindanao named the journalists abducted to include a certain Ian Subang, president of a broadcasters' association in General Santos City; Leah Dalmacio, Gina dela Cruz from General Santos City; Marites Cabutas, print reporter from General …

[Manila, Philippines] The estimated 600 American special forces in Mindanao are active participants in combat operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the Basilan and Sulu provinces against Abu Sayyaf bandits, former Navy Lt.

[Manila, Philippines--] "(T)he [Philippine] military seems to be so cool even as bombs are exploding all over and the government is sitting down to talk peace with the number one suspects"

[Manila, Philippines--] Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief Leon Panetta is making a lightning visit to Manila on July 12, a Sunday, reportedly to meet with Gloria Arroyo and some of her security aides.

[Manila, Philippines--] While authorities dismiss the recent bombings in Quezon City, Jolo, Iligan City and Cotabato City as mere pre-Sona "noises," critics, martial-law era activists and analysts believe that an Arroyo regime desperate enough to hold on to power is capable o …

The following are the names and photographs of the [Philippine] Congressmen who signed House Resolution Nr. 1109. We call on you our countrymen, let us kick out these tyrants in our midst and resist with all our strength the rise of evil that lurks before us.

Is there anyone among the lead pack of candidates capable of standing up to the pressure that is expected to be exerted on the next president of the country [the Philippines] on this issue, assuming we do have elections and change in 2010.

BUNAWAN, Agusan del Sur - Toxic waste dumping caused by spillage of cyanide, mercury and acid filled tailings pond of both small-scale and large scale mining may have caused change of behavior of Agusan Marsh crocodiles [in the Philippines].

Andres Bonifacio's Tagalog Nation & Predictions of Global Warming

A century and nearly a score years ago today, a most patriotic and fervent hero of a land to the southeast was executed by his coup plotting secret enemies during the peak of his people's struggle for national independence.

Most Filipinos are convinced the May 2010 elections will be held as scheduled and believe that there will be much trouble in the country if the elections are not held

Disapproval and distrust continue to be the predominant public sentiments toward President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo; national presidential ratings remain generally unchanged between October 2008 and March 2009 Amidst the revival of the charter change debate, the congressional  …

It was still early in the morning when Mang Nestor got up from bed. He is now quietly sipping a cup of salabat inside his kubo as he prepares to walk to the town. Mang Nestor is a rice farmer in a strife-torn town in Central Mindanao. Today, however, he will not farm.

Based on a multistage probability sample of 1,200 representative adults 18 years old and above, Pulse Asia's nationwide [Philippine] survey has a 3% error margin at the 95% confidence level.

Fifty-two percent or about 9.4 million of Filipino families consider themselves as Mahirap or Poor, 24% put themselves on the Borderline, and 24% consider themselves as Hindi Mahirap or Not Poor, according to the Fourth Quarter 2008 Social Weather Survey, fielded over November 2 …

"At around 1:30 PM today, at Valley Golf and Country Club, Antipolo City, Mayor Nasser Pangandaman, Jr., Mayor of Masiu City, Lanao del Sur, his father, Secretary Nasser Pangandaman of the Department of Agrarian Reform, and company, beat my defenseless 56-year-old dad and my 14-y …

Kalipa and his fellow villagers are among hundreds of thousands of civilians whose lives have been turned upside down by conflict in the southern Philippines

Israel and Palestine should takes notes from the Filipino people and their government. Not to give up on the possible of peace with methods other then rockets. Working for peace is done in many forms.

Fifty-two percent or about 9.4 million of Filipino families consider themselves as Mahirap or Poor, 29% put themselves on the Borderline, and 19% consider themselves as Hindi Mahirap or Not Poor, according to the Third Quarter 2008 Social Weather Survey, fielded over September 2 …