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At least nine communist rebels and one army soldier were killed in clashes Tuesday as troops closed in on a guerrilla encampment in a southern Philippine province, a regional military spokesman said. Complete Story...
Authorities moved thousands of villagers from harm's way near the Philippines' most active volcano Tuesday after it oozed lava and shot plumes of ash, and said they probably would spend a bleak Christmas in an evacuation center.
Scores of suspected Islamic militants burst through a concrete wall then barged into a jail in the volatile southern Philippines on Sunday, freeing 31 inmates in a nighttime attack that sparked a gunbattle in which two people were killed.
Muslim rebels who have resumed peace talks with the Philippine government said Monday they were not behind a deadly jail break in the country's volatile south that freed 31 criminals and guerrillas, including militants accused of beheadings.
The Philippine president lifted martial law late Saturday in a southern province where 57 people were massacred in the country's worst political violence, but the area will remain under a state of emergency as authorities investigate a powerful clan accused in the carnage.
Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants set off a powerful homemade bomb outside a police station and an adjoining building used for a U.S.-funded peace-building project in the southern Philippines, killing a janitor and wounding eight other people, police said.
Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos filed her candidacy for next year's congressional elections, joining the country's boxing champion and the outgoing president in the star-studded race for the lower house.
The Philippine government and a Muslim separatist group Tuesday resumed peace talks that collapsed 16 months ago, restoring formal efforts to end a decades-long rebellion that has claimed at least 120,000 lives.
Shoe and accessories retailer Payless ShoeSource Inc. said Tuesday that it will begin selling shoes in the Philippines as part of an international expansion.
Collective Brands Inc. says it will begin opening Payless ShoeSource stores in the Philippines as it continues to push the value brand worldwide.
Philippine boxer Manny Pacquiao submitted his candidacy for the 2010 elections Tuesday, his second attempt at a congressional seat.
Officials say Philippine police have clashed with gunmen loyal to a powerful clan accused in the country's worst political massacre.
Several white wooden coffins — all but one shut to hide the journalists' disfigured remains — were crammed into a rundown funeral parlor in the southern Philippines, not far from where they were slaughtered with guns, machetes and a backhoe.
Alejandro "Bong" Reblando, a veteran Filipino journalist and former Associated Press stringer, was among at least 18 reporters killed in an attack on an election caravan, authorities said. He was 53.
Kristia Subang wiped her father's coffin with a cloth and recalled the last time she saw the veteran newspaperman, when he woke her with a surprise gift of a new set of shoes for school — the night before he and 29 colleagues were massacred on their final assignment.
Philippine police searched for an American who escaped after allegedly killing a government official's son in a road-rage shooting — the second homicide case against him, officials said Monday.
A Philippine gay rights group is waging a legal battle to be allowed to run in next year's polls after the Elections Commission ruled it cannot register as a political party on grounds that it advocates immorality.
SunPower Corp. said Monday an investigation is under way into whether its manufacturing operations in the Philippines made unsubstantiated accounting entries during the first three quarters of 2009.
The Philippine president signed a bill criminalizing all forms of torture and prohibiting state authorities from using secret detention centers, her spokesman announced Friday.
Communist rebels killed 12 security forces when they responded to an attack on a logging company in the southern Philippines, the military said Friday. At least one rebel died.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton drew loud applause at a town hall meeting with students Friday in the Philippines by giving the right answer to the most pressing question: Is Manny Pacquiao going to win this weekend?
A 79-year-old Irish priest said he hiked through jungles, survived raging seas and slept in a swamp under a tarpaulin before his captors released him Thursday after a month, apparently without getting the ransom they demanded.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday vowed support for the Philippine fight against al-Qaida-linked militants and highlighted the U.S. military's role in helping the country recover from deadly typhoons.
A 79-year-old Irish Roman Catholic priest abducted in the Philippines a month ago was freed early Thursday and neither country paid any of the kidnappers' $2 million ransom demand, Irish and Filipino authorities said.
The cone-shaped Mayon volcano in the central Philippines, which killed scores in an eruption 16 years ago, shot up an ash plume Wednesday — prompting hundreds of nearby residents to evacuate in case it blows again.
Jail break-in (Philippines)Dozens of suspected Islamic militants knocked down a concrete wall and barged into a jail in the southern Philippines, freeing 31 inmates in an attack that sparked a gunbattle in which two people were killed.
Ermita: Martial law proclaimed without actual rebellionMANILA, Philippines - Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita admitted on Wednesday night that President Arroyo proclaimed martial law in Maguindanao without an "actual" rebellion taking place in the province as required by the Constitution.
Philippine massacre facilitated by a confluence of factorsWriting 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.
Martial law in Philippines province after massacre President Gloria Arroyo has imposed martial law in the Philippines province of Maguindanao after the election-related massacre of 57 people.
WHO donates 9 million flu shots to PhilippinesThe World Health Organization (WHO) promised on Thursday to donate 9 million H1N1 flu shots to the Philippines, and assured the country the vaccines were safe.
Goons, guns & gold still run Philippine politicsFilipinos have long been inured to poll-related violence in their country, but even jaded observers were stunned by the unprecedented mass murder last Monday of 57 people in Maguindanao, a politically volatile province on Mindanao Island.
Philippines: Unicef Worker Shot Dead Near Massacre SiteAn unidentified gunman shot Unicef worker Nestor Bulahan at a bus terminal in Parang town, Maguindanao province, on Thursday morning. He died in hospital a short time later, a statement from the national police headquarters revealed.
12 Journalists were also Killed in Maguindanao Massacre 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 …
Philippines: 21 Killed in pre-poll violencen a deadly attack that is being seen as one of the worst incidents of election-related violence in the Philippines, 21 people have been killed after a group of about 100 gunmen took a group of 36 people hostage. Lt. Col.
ABS-CBN censors Joseph Estrada's clip with Cory Aquino apology over Edsa 2[Manila, Philippines] Giant television network ABS-CBN, which claims to be an impartial station, even packaging itself as a network that is credible and airs all sides of issues, proved its political bias and partiality when the network's officials rejected one version of info …
Liberal Party's 'trapo' (traditional politics)[Manila, Philippines] Liberal Party's Noynoy Aquino, seen by the traditional politicians, or trapos — as the sanctimonious LP that earlier spoke of with contempt — as the winning presidential bet today, given his high survey ratings, albeit declining numbers, may serve to …
3,000 Overseas Filipino Workers in Prisons Worldwide, no thanks to Gloria Arroyo[Manila, Philippines] No less than the Department of Foreign Affairs recently and clearly said that there are to date about some 3,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) presently languishing in jails the world over.
2010 Polls: Link between Ads & Surveys[Manila, Philippines] The latest Pulse Asia survey is very instructive; we understand President Estrada when he says the results are okay as he wants to peak between January and February.
Liberal Party and Civil Society Implode[Manila, Philippines] Imploding is the right term for the Liberal Party, which has Noynoy Aquino and Mar Roxas as its standard bearers.
Managing the news, American & Philippine stylesFox News has been assailed by American media for misrepresenting the crowds that gathered for defeated Republican vice presidential bet Sarah Palin's Going Rogue book tour, pointing out that which Fox had aired was an old file campaign video clip of the crowd, making the crowds …
21 dead in Philippines massacre - CNN.comThe wife of a candidate for governor and an unconfirmed number of others were abducted Monday morning in the southern Philippines -- with at least 21 of them later killed, army officials said.
21 beheaded as 2010 Election Season StartsMANILA - Bodies of 21 of the 44 beheaded kidnap victims, including the wife and relatives of Buluan town's vice mayor, were recovered by government troops in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao province Monday afternoon.
The transparency of Joseph 'Erap' Estrada[Manila, Philippines] So, what is else is there to mudsling President Joseph Estrada with?
Hillary Clinton danced the moro-moro with Gloria Arroyo[Manila, Philippines] Moro-moro is a unique Filipino theater genre for the show battles between Moors and Christians. It also perfectly describes the show staged last week between Gloria Arroyo and Hillary Clinton.
Mar Roxas markets Noynoy Aquino[Manila, Philippines] Sen.
Noynoy Aquino's Video: Not Another Murky Yellow Solidarity of the Bourgeoisie[Manila, Philippines] Hindi Ka Nag-Iisa Artist: Regine Velasquez Director: Onat Diaz Cast: Sharon Cuneta, Kris Aquino, Boy Abunda, Regine Velasquez, Ogie Alcasid, Bea Alonzo, Dingdong Dantes, Marian Rivera, Ai-Ai delas Alas, Mariel Rodriguez, Bianca Gonzales, Erik Santos, J …
The exhibition of more than one thousand gold objects celebrates the sophisticated cultures that existed in the Philippines before colonization in the 16th century.
Global migration: Where the trains run on time[Manila, Philippines] The results of a poll recently released by the US-based Gallup Organization say that some 700 million people worldwide would move to another country if they could.
Traditional politics: Difference between a 'trapo' and a 'non-trapo'[Manila, Philippines] What's really the difference between a so-called tradpol and a non-tradpol?
Philippine Senate finds Arroyo's husband, others, culpable for NBN-ZTE corruption mess[Manila, Philippines] The Senate blue ribbon committee report released by Sen. Richard Gordon Tuesday found GMA, First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo, former Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos, Secretary Romulo Neri, DoTC Secretary Leandro Mendoza, Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr.
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