A human rights group protested Sunday the arrests of dozens of suspected communist guerrillas accused of bomb-making near the Philippine capital, saying that ...
Religion News in Brief Seven members of Iran's Baha'i minority are on trial on charges of spying and acting against the country's national ...
MANILA (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees thronged the streets of Manila on Saturday as a centuries old black statue of Jesus Christ, believed to have healing powers, was paraded through the old city. The wooden, life-sized Black Nazarene, carved ...
Filipino nurses, prosecuted for quitting NY jobs, file federal lawsuit Ten nurses cleared last year of misdemeanors for quitting their jobs at a New York nursing home have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. The nurses were recruited from the Philippines to ...
Airports intensify screening of airline passengers heading to US after Detroit flight attack Airline passengers heading to the United States met increased security screening Monday in airports around the world following U.S. requests for stricter checks after a Nigerian man allegedly tried ...
Philippine volcanologists on Saturday lowered the alert level around the Mayon volcano, indicating that a dangerous eruption was less likely three weeks after it began spewing ash and lava. The lowering of the alert level means that thousands of people who were ...
Fireworks light up the sky to welcome the New Year amidst a backdrop of Mayon volcano in its continuing mild eruption as seen from Lignon Hill in Legazpi city, Albay province about 500 kilometers southeast of Manila, Philippines Friday Jan. 1, 2010. ...
Hundreds of Filipinos were injured by firecrackers and celebratory gunfire despite a government scare campaign in which doctors displayed surgical saws on TV to warn New Year revelers what awaited them if they were hurt by fireworks, officials said Thursday. Health Secretary ...
Vendors pack streets while people make their last minute shopping to welcome the New Year Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009 in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Pat Roque) Copyright 2009 AP News
A Bengal tiger licks the glass that separates the animal and zoo owner Manny Tangco, who blows a paper horn, on New Year's eve Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, at a zoo in suburban Malabon City, north of Manila, Philippines. The coming year ...
Coast guard and military vessels scoured Philippine seas on Monday in a desperate search for passengers missing from a pair of Christmas ferry tragedies, amid fears the death toll could surpass 50. Coast guard spokesman Lieutenant Commander Armand Balilo said deep sea ...
At least six people died and 20 were missing after a small inter-island ferry sank in waters south of the Philippine capital, the coast guard said Sunday, the second sea disaster in three days. The MV Baleno-9, carrying 88 passengers and crew, ...
