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]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A fire swept through a hotel in a Philippine resort city early Friday, killing seven people, including three Americans, three Filipinos and a South Korean, authorities said. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
ATIMONAN, Philippines (AP) - At least three police personnel were among 13 suspected criminals who were gunned down in a shootout with Philippine security forces at a highway checkpoint, officials said Monday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
ATIMONAN, Philippines (AP) - Philippine army special forces and police killed 13 suspected criminals in a fierce gunbattle in a northeastern province in the latest recent violence in the country. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Twenty-six years after Roman Catholic leaders helped his mother marshal millions of Filipinos in an uprising that ousted a dictator, President Benigno Aquino III has picked a fight with the church over contraceptives and wo... [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]
The number of people missing after a typhoon devastated parts of the southern Philippines jumped to nearly 900 after families and fishing companies reported losing contact with more than 300 fishermen at sea, officials said Sunday. (Source: Associate... [Full Article]