A bruised but smiling Manny Pacquiao enjoyed a hero's welcome as he returned home to the Philippines on Friday, with masses of people ...
Philippine gay rights group wages battle to run in 2010 congressional elections A Philippine gay rights group is waging a legal battle to ...
Appeals court rebukes federal judge, orders new accounting of Ferdinand Marcos' millions A U.S. District judge's lax oversight of more than $30 million tied to the late Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos is "curious," a federal appeals court said in an opinion issued ...
Philippines President Gloria Arroyo signed a law on Friday that made torture a criminal offence punishable by up to 30 years in prison, a presidential palace statement said. It penalises physical acts by persons in authority or their agents that cause "severe ...
Jehovah's Witnesses convention expected to pump $100M into Hawaii's economy The Hawaii Tourism Authority calculates delegates to the Jehovah's Witnesses convention at the Hawaii Convention Center to spend about $100 million. HTA Vice President David Uchiyama says the projection is based, in ...
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 ...
12 security forces killed in communist rebel ambush after attack on Philippine logging company Communist rebels killed 12 security forces when they responded to an attack on a logging company in the southern Philippines, the military said Friday. At least one rebel ...
Clinton draws applause at Philippine forum by predicting Pacquiao boxing win U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton drew loud applause at a town hall meeting with students Friday in the Philippines by giving the right answer to the most pressing question: ...
MANILA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged the Philippines and the country's largest Muslim rebel group on Friday to strike a peace deal before President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo steps down next June. Clinton said she believed Arroyo, whom she ...
Mayon volcano spews grayish ash for the second time in a day Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 at Legazpi, Albay province, about 340 kilometers (212 miles) southeast of Manila, Philippines. Chief state volcanologist Renato Solidum said the cone-shaped Mayon volcano in the central ...
Kidnapped Irish priest Michael Sinnott emerged from a month in the jungles of the south Philippines Thursday, declaring himself in good health and eager to continue his missionary work. Muslim rebels delivered the 79-year-old to Philippine authorities before dawn, ending a kidnap ...
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Six provincial governors from Indonesia, Laos and the Philippines on Thursday backed an expanded U.N. scheme aimed at protecting and conserving forests in return for carbon credits. In a joint statement after a meeting on the sidelines of an ...
