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Philippines salvages deal to automate 2010 elections

Philippines salvages deal to automate 2010 elections

AFP - Saturday, July 4

MANILA (AFP) - - A 150 million-dollar project to automate next year's Philippine elections is back on track just days after the winning bidders threatened to walk out on the deal, officials said Friday. More »

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  • Philippine president's biopsy comes back clean

    AP - Saturday, July 4

    MANILA, Philippines - Areas of mass found in Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's groin and breast are benign and will not require surgery, her spokesman said Friday. More »

  • Philippines' Arroyo declared healthy after biopsies

    Reuters - Saturday, July 4

    MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was declared in good health after biopsies were conducted on lumps found on her breast and groin, her press secretary said Friday. More »

  • Philippine ex-President Aquino in stable condition

    AP - Friday, July 3

    MANILA, Philippines - Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino, who has cancer, left the intensive care unit and was in stable condition, her spokeswoman said Thursday, as prayers for her recovery poured in from friends and even political enemies. More »

  • Prayers pour in for Philippine ex-President Aquino

    AP - Thursday, July 2

    MANILA, Philippines - Cancer-stricken former Philippine President Corazon Aquino left the intensive care unit and was in stable condition, her spokeswoman said Thursday, as prayers for her recovery poured in from friends and even political enemies. More »

  • Filipino rebels claim killing hundreds of troops

    AP - Thursday, July 2

    MANILA, Philippines - Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines said Thursday they have killed more than 500 government troops in 10 months of fighting since the collapse of peace talks, a claim the military dismissed as propaganda. More »

  • No more treatment for Corazon Aquino: report

    No more treatment for Corazon Aquino: report

    AFP - Thursday, July 2

    MANILA (AFP) - - Former Philippine president Corazon Aquino, who is battling colon cancer, has decided to forgo further chemotherapy or any other medical treatment, her spokeswoman has been quoted as saying. More »

  • Lightning strikes twice, kills 2 in Philippines

    AP - Wednesday, July 1

    MANILA, Philippines - Police say lightning strikes have separately killed two people in the northern and central Philippines within hours of each other. More »

  • Philippine vote reform thrown into disarray

    Philippine vote reform thrown into disarray

    AFP - Wednesday, July 1

    MANILA (AFP) - - Attempts to automate next year's Philippine elections to make voting faster and less corrupt were thrown into disarray after a contractor abruptly pulled out of the project, officials said Tuesday. More »

  • Swine flu: Philippine president quarantines self

    AP - Wednesday, July 1

    MANILA, Philippines - The president of the Philippines has placed herself under voluntary quarantine after returning from a 13-day trip to countries affected by swine flu _ despite the fact that she's feeling fine, officials said Tuesday. More »