A bruised but smiling Manny Pacquiao enjoyed a hero's welcome as he returned home to the Philippines on Friday, with masses of people ...
MANILA (Reuters) - Seven-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao returned to a hero's welcome in the Philippines on Friday, with his next fight ...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, left, gestures beside U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during her courtesy call at the Bahay Pangarap, Malacanang park, Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Clinton is in the Philippines on a visit to show support ...
Philippine leader signs anti-torture law amid criticisms of her government's rights record The Philippine president signed a bill criminalizing all forms of torture and prohibiting state authorities from using secret detention centers, her spokesman announced Friday. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's government, which ...
Freed Irish priest says Filipino captors treated him well, but dragged him from sea to jungle A 79-year-old Irish priest said he hiked through jungles, survived raging seas and slept in a swamp under a tarpaulin before his captors released him Thursday ...
Low-lying and impoverished Asian coastal cities such as Dhaka, Manila and Jakarta are vulnerable to "brutal" damage from climate change without global action, environmental group WWF warned Thursday. Energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions must be curtailed in "mega-cities" where global warming ...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Manila on Thursday in a bid to deepen defence ties with a country fighting Islamist militants who officials say are now using Iraq-style tactics. The two-day visit comes as US Special Forces advisers are ...
Irish priest freed from monthlong captivity in Philippines; governments say no ransom paid 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, ...
One of the Philippines' most active volcanoes shot plumes of ash into the air early Wednesday, officials said, warning local residents they would have to evacuate in case of an eruption. A pre-dawn explosion at the Mayon volcano covered nine nearby villages, ...
Director General Min Lwin of Myanmar takes his seat for the resumption of a session of the Special ASEAN-U.S. Senior Officials' Meeting Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at Manila's financial district of Makati city in the Philippines. The senior officials are meeting in ...
Philippine authorities on Tuesday reported three more deaths from Typhoon Mirinae, which battered the storm-weary nation at the weekend, bringing the total number of those killed to 19. The National Disaster Coordinating Council said the deaths were due mostly to drowning and ...
Philippine authorities on Monday reported two more deaths from Typhoon Mirinae, which smashed into the storm-weary nation at the weekend, bringing the total number of those killed to 16. The National Disaster Coordinating Council in Manila said the deaths were due mostly ...
