MANILA, Philippines - Suspected pirates have abducted the skipper and two crewmen of a tugboat and barge that took shelter in the southern Philippines in bad weather, officials said Sunday. More »
MANILA, Philippines - Suspected pirates have abducted the skipper and two crewmen of a tugboat and barge that took shelter in the southern Philippines in bad weather, officials said Sunday. More »
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) - - Philippine troops have killed one of the top commanders of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group, the military said Friday.
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine troops killed a senior commander of al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf militants wanted for kidnappings and bombings amid an ongoing offensive, the military said Friday.
MANILA, Philippines - 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.
MANILA (AFP) - - President Gloria Arroyo on Thursday stepped down as leader of the Philippines' ruling party but offered no clues about her future plans amid talk she may seek a seat in Congress.
MANILA (AFP) - - Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday brushed off rumours his marriage was on the rocks amid reports the Philippine boxing superstar flew a starlet to Las Vegas to watch him win a record seventh world title.
MANILA (AFP) - - The United Nations on Wednesday nearly doubled its appeal for funds to help the Philippines cope with the effects of back-to-back storms that left over 1,100 people dead and 1.7 million homeless.
MANILA (AFP) - - The son of Philippine democracy champion Corazon Aquino is an overwhelming favourite to win next next year's presidential election, according to a national survey released on Monday.
MANILA (Reuters) - The son of Philippines democracy icon Corazon "Cory" Aquino continued to lead candidates for the 2010 presidential election, an opinion poll said on Monday.
MANILA, Philippines - The son of the late president and democracy icon Corazon Aquino was the most favored candidate in a survey on next year's presidential elections, an independent pollster said Monday.
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines - Philippine police have filed charges against three suspected Muslim separatist rebels accused of kidnapping an Irish missionary priest who was freed unharmed after being held for a month in the country's volatile south, the national police chief said Saturday.
LANUZA, Philippines (AFP) - - Twenty-three people died in the southern Philippines as communist guerrillas and security forces engaged in one of their most deadly battles in years, officials said Friday.
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine president signed a bill criminalizing all forms of torture and prohibiting state authorities from using secret detention centers, her spokesman announced Friday.
MANILA, Philippines - Communist rebels killed 12 security forces when they responded to an attack on a logging company in the southern Philippines, the military said Friday.
MANILA, Philippines - 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.
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) - - Kidnapped Irish priest Michael Sinnott emerged from a month in the jungles of the south Philippines Thursday, declaring himself in good health and eager to continue his missionary work.
MANILA (AFP) - - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed Thursday to maintain a strong alliance with the Philippines as it fights Islamist militants who officials say are now using Iraq-style tactics.
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) - - Muslim rebels handed elderly Irish priest Michael Sinnott over to Philippine authorities in good health on Thursday, just over a month after he was abducted, authorities said.
DUBLIN - 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.
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) - - Kidnapped Irish priest Michael Sinnott was handed over to the Philippine government early Thursday, a month after he was abducted, the top military official in this southern region said.
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