Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/philippines.html en-en Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:33:00 +0800 5 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/philippines.html http://sg.yimg.com/i/sg/mastheads/ma_nws_1.gif 30 140 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080704/tap-as-gen-philippines-us-protest-fe2a5de.html /ap/20080704/r_t_ap_ap_ph/tap-as-gen-philippines-us-protest-fe2a5de_1 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:33:00 +0800 Left-wing activists are marking Filipino-American Friendship Day with a protest at the U.S. Embassy to denounce the alleged rape of a Filipino woman in Japan and the continuing presence of U.S. soldiers in the Philippines. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080704/tap-philippines-economy-inflation-5cc1ef8.html /afp/20080704/r_t_afp_ap_ph/tap-philippines-economy-inflation-5cc1ef8 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:20:00 +0800 Rising food prices in the Philippines pushed its June inflation rate to 11.4 percent, the highest level in 14 years, the government said Friday. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080703/tap-philippines-vietnam-utilities-compan-5cc1ef8.html /afp/20080703/r_t_afp_ap_ph/tap-philippines-vietnam-utilities-compan-5cc1ef8 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:51:00 +0800 Manila Water Co. of the Philippines said Thursday it had won a 15-million-dollar Vietnam contract to reduce leakage at Ho Chi Minh City's water utility. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080703/tap-philippines-blast-fe2a5de.html /ap/20080703/r_t_ap_ap_ph/tap-philippines-blast-fe2a5de_1 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:33:00 +0800 Suspected communist guerrillas hurled a grenade in front of a bakeshop that refused to pay extortion demands in the southern Philippines, killing three people and injuring 11 others, the military and police said. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080703/tap-philippines-communist-unrest-5cc1ef8.html /afp/20080703/r_t_afp_ap_ph/tap-philippines-communist-unrest-5cc1ef8_1 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:14:00 +0800 Three people were killed and 12 wounded on Thursday when communist insurgents threw a grenade into a bakery in the southern Philippines, the military said. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080703/tap-oukwd-uk-philippines-blast-5858a4e.html /rtrs/20080703/r_t_rtrs_ap_ph/tap-oukwd-uk-philippines-blast-5858a4e_1 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:30:23 +0800 MANILA (Reuters) - At least four men were killed and 11 others wounded when a grenade exploded on Thursday at a bakery in the southern Philippines, a military spokesman said, blaming Maoist-led rebels for the attack. Reuters http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080703/tap-oukwd-uk-philippines-plot-5858a4e.html /rtrs/20080703/r_t_rtrs_ap_ph/tap-oukwd-uk-philippines-plot-5858a4e_1 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:55:02 +0800 MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine authorities have foiled a fresh plot to oust President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, arresting an opposition lawyer, three retired colonels and a former police officer, the national police chief said on Thursday. Reuters http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080702/tap-philippines-accident-ferry-5cc1ef8.html /afp/20080702/r_t_afp_ap_ph/tap-philippines-accident-ferry-5cc1ef8 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:18:00 +0800 A Philippine ferry that sank in a typhoon will be refloated, officials said Wednesday, ditching a bid to use divers to retrieve hundreds of bodies and toxic pesticides some 11 days after the disaster. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080702/tap-philippines-economy-inflation-rates-5cc1ef8.html /afp/20080702/r_t_afp_ap_ph/tap-philippines-economy-inflation-rates-5cc1ef8 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:55:00 +0800 The governor of the Philippine central bank Amando Tetangco said Wednesday it was ready to take "necessary action" with inflation widely expected to have hit double-digits last month. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080701/tap-philippines-journalist-killed-fe2a5de.html /ap/20080701/r_t_ap_ap_ph/tap-philippines-journalist-killed-fe2a5de_1 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:55:00 +0800 Gunmen killed a Philippine journalist and slightly wounded one of his daughters, whose sister pretended to be dead and escaped unharmed, police said Tuesday. AP