Kidnapped priest released in Philippines
UPI - Fri Nov 13, 1:04 pm ETMANILA, Philippines, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- An abducted Irish priest has been released by his Filipino captors, but police have vowed to continue the search for the gang.
MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- An abducted Irish priest has been released by his Filipino captors, but police have vowed to continue the search for the gang.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines is proposing the adoption of a single visa policy for 10 Southeast Asian nations, saying it would benefit trade and tourism.
Manila - Two government militiamen were killed Monday in an attack by communist rebels in the eastern Philippines, a regional army spokesman said. One soldier was also wounded in the pre-dawn attack in a district in Calbayog City in Samar province, 4...
MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos erupted into deafening cheers in bars, gymnasiums and army camps Sunday as Manny Pacquiao — their boxing hero — relentlessly pounded Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto to win his seventh title in as many weight classes. ... - By OLIVER TEVES The Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos erupted into deafening cheers in bars, gymnasiums and army camps Sunday as Manny Pacquiao — their boxing hero — relentlessly pounded Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto to win his seventh title in as many weight classes.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon battered the Philippine capital and surrounding provinces still reeling from recent flooding, sending residents of one town clambering onto rooftops Saturday to escape rising waters. Seven people died and at least five were missing.
Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The Philippines, the world’s biggest rice buyer, issued its third tender for 2010 supplies after storms damaged crops and the country accelerates imports to secure shipments amid surging prices.
Manila - The PhilippinesSunday cheered another victory by Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, who stopped Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto in a 12-round fight in Las Vegas late Saturday. With the win, Pacquiao claimed his seventh world title in as many wei...
MANILA -(Dow Jones)- Senator Benigno Aquino III, son of late President Corazon Aquino, will win by a landslide to become president if Philippine elections were held now, the latest survey by private pollster Pulse Asia showed Monday.
On a bleak Saturday morning a group of elderly Filipino veterans eat their burgers in a small McDonald’s, on Roosevelt Avenue in Elmhurst, and talk about family and fighting the Japanese.
Manila - More than a million victims of deadly storms in the Philippines may be suffering from mental stress and need psychological help, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday. Shin Young-soo, WHO regional director for Western Pacific, sa...
Manny Pacquiao, of the Philippines, holds the championship belt at the finish of his WBO welterweight boxing title fight against Miguel Cotto, of Puerto Rico, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 in Las Vegas. Pacquiao won the fight by TKO in the 12th round.
(AP:MANILA, Philippines) Millions of Filipinos abroad sent home $1.44 billion in September, up 8.6 percent from a year ago as continued strong global demand for Philippine labor boosted remittances, the central bank said Monday.
Manila - Remittances of millions of overseas Filipinos rose 4.2 per cent in the first nine months of 2009 amid strong global demand for Filipino workers, the central bank said Monday. Remittances from January to September reached 12.8 billion dollars...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today vowed support for the Philippine fight against al-Qaida-linked militants and highlighted the U.S. military’s role in helping the country recover from deadly typhoons.
A 79-year-old Irish Roman Catholic priest abducted in the Philippines a month ago was freed early Thursday and neither country paid any of the kidnappers' $2 million ransom demand, Irish and Filipino authorities said.