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New IT opportunities are being fueled by a $6.8B (US) Philippines Economic Recovery Program investing in infrastructure projects in areas including transportation, tourism, power, water and housing. Additionally, the Philippines is experiencing substantial IT growth backed by an estimated 24 million Filipino Internet users today, a 75 percent increase from 14 million in 2008. The Manila IBM ...
MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Martial law in the Philippines province of Maguindanao was in force Saturday after last month's massacre of 57 people there, officials said.
MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in the aftermath of last week's massacre, ordered dismantling of political clan-dominated private armies Friday.
Election season in the Philippines has just begun, and nearly one hundred candidates have registered to run in next year's presidential derby
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared martial law beginning Friday night in the southern province of Maguindanao, where 57 people were killed last week, an army spokesman told CNN Saturday.
MANILA, Philippines — An adviser to Manny Pacquiao says the Filipino boxer is prepared to fight undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. on March 13 after agreeing to a proposal from promoter Bob Arum. ... - The Associated Press
Manila - An explosion rocked a coal mine in the southern Philippines, killing one miner and injuring four more, a police report said Friday. The explosion occurred Thursday in a small-scale coal mine in the outskirt of the southern city of Dipolog, a...
The Philippines imposed martial law on Saturday in the southern province of Maguindanao where 57 people were killed last week in the country's worst election-related violence, a senior official said.
MANILA, Philippines - An adviser to Manny Pacquiao says the Filipino boxer is likely to fight undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. on March 13 after agreeing to a proposal from...
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (AP) - The Philippine president imposed martial law Saturday on a southern province and security forces detained the patriarch of a powerful clan and three of his sons, accusing them of massacring 57 people and fomenting a rebellion.
This week on "Stories from the Ethnic Media": California-based Philippine American Press Club USA organizes a memorial in San Francisco to honor the 31 media professionals who were among the 58 people murdered in a politically-motivated massacre on Nov. 23 in the Philippines.
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines - The Philippine president imposed martial law Saturday on a southern province and security forces detained the patriarch of a powerful clan and...
MAGUINDANAO, Philippines, Dec 3 (IPS) - In an instant the Philippines emerged as the world's most dangerous place for journalists, effectively displacing Iraq, which, until the massacre in an impoverished town in southern Philippines, held that dubious distinction.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Manny Pacquiao is likely to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. on March 13 after agreeing to a proposal from promoter Bob Arum on Friday.
Manila - The US government Thursday announced an additional 10 million dollars in food aid to victims of two devastating storms that struck the Philippines since September. US Ambassador to Manila Kristie Kenney said the new grant brought to about 30...
Manny Pacquiao likely will fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. on March 13 after agreeing to a proposal from promoter Bob Arum on Friday. Arum presented "what he thought was the best proposal he can bring" during a 2-hour breakfast meeting with Pacquiao in Manila, Philippines, said Michael Koncz, an adviser of the Philippine boxing idol.
