MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada was leading in the vote-count for mayor of Manila on Tuesday in what could be his first elected post since he was ousted in a 2001 revolt on corruption charges. (Source: Associated... [Full Article]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Less violence than usual and expected glitches in voting machines marked Monday's congressional and local elections in the Philippines, which will gauge popular support for the president's anti-corruption drive an... [Full Article]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - One of the Philippines' most active volcanoes spewed huge rocks and ash after daybreak Tuesday, killing at least five climbers and trapping more than a dozen others near the crater in its first eruption in three years,... [Full Article]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - One of the Philippines' most active volcanoes spewed huge rocks and ash early Tuesday after a 3-year calm, killing four climbers and trapping others near the crater, officials said. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Gunmen attacked a truck carrying a southern Philippine mayor and his supporters and killed 13 people including his daughter, police said Friday. The mayor and nine others were wounded in the country's worst violence in... [Full Article]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Gunmen ambushed political campaigners for a southern Philippine town mayor, killing his daughter and nine other supporters and relatives, police said Friday. The mayor and eight other people were wounded. (Source: Associate... [Full Article]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippine Supreme Court temporarily halted the implementation of a law that provides state funding for contraceptives, legislation opposed by the dominant Roman Catholic Church but supported by reproductive health acti... [Full Article]
By David Loh Tan-awan, Philippines (Reuters) - Tan-awan, in the southern Philippines island of Cebu, used to be a sleepy village that never saw tourists unless they were lost or in transit. Yet now they flock there by the hundreds - to swim with whal... [Full Article]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippine military spokesman says Syrian rebels who seized 21 Filipino U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights want the Red Cross to escort them out of the area because of fighting with Syrian government forces. (Source... [Full Article]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippine government said Thursday that talks were under way for the release of 21 unarmed Filipino U.N. peacekeepers who were detained by Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights in the increasingly volatile zone separating... [Full Article]
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