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Government officials, private groups offer reward for bank robbers who killed 9

AP - Sunday, May 18

MANILA, Philippines - Government officials and private groups have offered a 1 million peso (US$23,250; €15,000) reward for a group of robbers who killed nine people during a bank holdup, Philippine police said Saturday. More »

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Philippine air force to buy 18 Italian trainer planes
AFP - Sunday, May 18
MANILA (AFP) - - The Philippine air force will buy 18 trainer planes from Italian aircraft manufacturer Alenia Aermacchi for 625 million pesos (14.6 million dollars), an air force spokesman said Saturday. More »
Nine dead in Philippines bank robbery: police
AFP - Saturday, May 17
MANILA (AFP) - - Nine people were found dead in a bank outside the Philippines capital on Friday in an apparent armed robbery, police said. More »
Floods leave two dead in Philippines as new storm approaches
AFP - Friday, May 16
ILOILO, Philippines, May 16, 2008 (AFP) - Two people were washed away by floodwaters and thousands are still in evacuation centres in the central Philippines after days of heavy rains pounded the area, officials said Friday. More »
Norway hosts talks between Philippines, leftist rebels: embassy
AFP - Friday, May 16
MANILA, May 16, 2008 (AFP) - Norway has hosted talks between the Philippines and exiled leaders of the Southeast Asian country's long-running and largely forgotten Maoist insurgency, an embassy statement released Friday said. More »
Philippine policeman killed, 11 hurt in clash with rebels after secret peace talks
AP - Friday, May 16
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine police clashed with communist rebels Friday, leaving one officer dead and 11 others wounded, after mediator Norway announced the two sides met secretly in Oslo in a bid to revive peace talks. More »
Philippine marines clash with Muslim rebels on southern island, no casualties reported
AP - Friday, May 16
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine marines clashed with Muslim separatist rebels Thursday, barely a week after most Malaysian cease-fire monitors were sent home because peace talks had stalled. More »
Left-wing activist in Philippines shot dead, group suspects military
AP - Thursday, May 15
MANILA, Philippines - A left-wing activist was fatally shot Thursday in front of a diner in the southern Philippines, and his colleague suggested he was the latest victim in a wave of extrajudicial killings blamed on the military. More »
Parents board flight, forget toddler at airport
AFP - Wednesday, May 14
OTTAWA, May 13, 2008 (AFP) - Tickets, check. More »
Philippines dangles cash rewards for troops
Reuters - Wednesday, May 14
MANILA - The Philippines has begun offering cash rewards to soldiers to help defeat communist New People's Army rebels in the final two years of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's administration, officials said on Tuesday. More »