MANILA, Philippines - Police say four thieves have been arrested after unwittingly leaving a trail of rice stolen from a warehouse in the central Philippines. More »
MANILA, Philippines - Political killings and forced disappearances in the Philippines have not ceased despite government efforts to address the violence, Amnesty International said Friday. More »
TALAYAN, Philippines (AFP) - - Philippine troops Friday seized a Muslim rebel training camp and exchanged fire with supporters of two guerrilla leaders blamed for deadly attacks on Christian villages, officials said. More »
MANILA, Aug 29, 2008 (AFP) - A US Navy vessel was steaming to the southern Philippines Friday to help locate the wreckage of a Filipino military transport plane that crashed at sea, the Asian country's air force chief said. More »
MANILA, Aug 28, 2008 (AFP) - Philippine economic growth slowed to 4.6 percent in the three months to June, hit by soaring inflation and the cooling global economy, officials said Thursday. More »
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MANILA, Aug 28, 2008 (AFP) - The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on Thursday condemned the recent spate of rebel Muslim attacks on civilians in the southern Philippines. More »
MANILA (Reuters) - Ten South Korean nationals, many of them Baptist pastors, were killed in the northern Philippines when the van in which they were travelling slammed into a concrete wall at high speed, officials said on Thursday. More »
MANILA (AFP) - - Philippine prosecutors are considering filing criminal charges against owners of a ferry that sank during a typhoon in June, resulting in almost 800 deaths, the justice secretary said Thursday. More »
MANILA, Aug 28, 2008 (AFP) - Ten South Korean nationals were killed after the van they were travelling in swerved and struck a building in a town north of the Philippine capital, a police official said Thursday. More »

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