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Philippine troops head south amid 'crisis' warning

AFP - Saturday, September 6

MANILA (AFP) - - The Philippines has sent 1,000 troops to guard food aid in its troubled south, officials said Friday, as the Red Cross warned of a "humanitarian crisis" after a surge in separatist violence and the halting of a peace process. More »

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Philippines scraps peace panel on Muslim rebellion
AFP - Thursday, September 4
MANILA (AFP) - - Philippine President Gloria Arroyo scrapped Wednesday a government peace panel seeking to end a deadly and drawnout Muslim rebellion in the south, officials said, in a major shift in policy. More »
Philippines dissolves panel in talks with rebels
AP - Thursday, September 4
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine government on Wednesday disbanded a panel of negotiators engaged in Malaysian-brokered peace talks with Muslim guerrillas, suspending a yearslong peace process following fresh fighting in the country's south. More »
Philippine provincial governor wounded in attack
AP - Thursday, September 4
MANILA, Philippines - Police say a Philippine provincial governor and his driver were wounded in an attack by unknown assailants using guns with silencers. More »
Governor shot in ambush in Philippine capital: police
AFP - Wednesday, September 3
MANILA, Sept 3, 2008 (AFP) - The governor of a remote Philippine province and his driver were shot and wounded in a pre-dawn attack in Manila on Wednesday, police said. More »
US Navy ship arrives to help locate crashed Philippines plane
AFP - Tuesday, September 2
DAVAO, Philippines, Sept 2, 2008 (AFP) - A US Navy vessel has arrived to help search for the wreckage of a Filipino military transport plane that crashed at sea off the southern Philippines, an official said Tuesday. More »
ADB criticises Philippines over airport project
AFP - Tuesday, September 2
MANILA, Sept 2, 2008 (AFP) - The Asian Development Bank on Tuesday criticised the Philippine government over a failed 167-million-dollar airport project. More »
Communists take three police hostage in Philippines: military
AFP - Tuesday, September 2
TAGUM, Philippines, Sept 2, 2008 (AFP) - Communist insurgents torched a mining company truck and took three policemen hostage Tuesday in a gold-rush area in the southern Philippines, a military spokesman said. More »
Philippines official facing charges for cutting trees
AFP - Tuesday, September 2
MANILA, Sept 2, 2008 (AFP) - A Philippines national park official could face jail time for overseeing the removal of decades-old trees from a historic site in Manila, the country's environment department said Tuesday. More »
Philippine corporate profits fall: study
AFP - Tuesday, September 2
MANILA, Sept 2, 2008 (AFP) - Soaring inflation contributed to a 4.3-percent fall in profits at listed Philippine firms over the three months to March, a stock exchange study said Tuesday. More »