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]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine investigators will file a murder case against 35 police officers and soldiers for allegedly executing 13 people at a road checkpoint in a plan by a police colonel to eliminate a rival in an illegal gambling opera... [Full Article]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippines are suffering a rash of urban violence just as President Benigno Aquino III is trying to shore up foreign investments and restore Filipinos' confidence in their government. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Six Filipinos were among the hostages killed by militants who laid siege to an Algerian gas field for four days, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The U.S. Navy says a minesweeper that ran aground on a coral reef in the Philippines was using a faulty map that misplaced the location of the marine sanctuary. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The U.S. Navy says for safety reasons, most crew members have left a minesweeper that ran aground on a coral reef in the Philippines. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A U.S. Navy minesweeper was stuck on a coral reef in the Philippines for a second day Friday, as the crew struggled to extract the ship and Philippine authorities tried to evaluate damage to a protected marine park. (Source... [Full Article]
Philippine legislators passed a landmark bill Monday that would provide government funding for contraceptives and sexuality classes in schools despite strong opposition by the dominant Roman Catholic Church and its followers, some of whom threatened ... [Full Article]
A typhoon that killed nearly 600 people and left hundreds missing in the southern Philippines has made a U-turn and is now threatening the country's northwest, officials said Saturday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]