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Contributions made to the Relief from Hearts of Nacogodoches last month helped the Greater Manila Association to provide assistance to some of Manila's outlying provinces affected by Typhoon Ketsana.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Gunmen in camouflage stormed a plywood factory and abducted three workers Tuesday, a day after suspected Muslim militants beheaded a kidnapped schoolteacher on a nearby southern Philippine island, officials said.
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.
MANILA, Philippines — Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants in the southern Philippines beheaded a schoolteacher after kidnapping him last month, officials said Monday.
Manila - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was scheduled to visit the Philippines next week, her Filipino counterpart said Saturday. Clinton was to arrive in Manila Thursday for a two-day visit before heading to Singapore for next weekend'...
Muslim militants beheaded a school principal on a remote southern island in the Philippines after holding him for ransom for three weeks, a marine general said.
Zamboanga City, Philippines - Suspected Muslim militants on Tuesday abducted four employees of a plywood factory in the southern Philippines, one day after a separate band of guerrillas beheaded a kidnapped school principal. More...
Zamboanga City, Philippines - Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday abducted three employees of a plywood factory in the southern Philippines, a police official said. More than 30 gunmen disguised as soldiers swooped down before dawn on the Hightech Woodcra...
MANILA -(Dow Jones)- Philippine banks' outstanding loans rose 5.9% on year in September, matching August's pace of expansion, the central bank said Tuesday.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Philippines, the world’s top rice importer, plans its biggest tender next month after storms hurt local harvests, raising competition between importers for global supplies even as output drops.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Philippines, the world’s top rice importer, plans to buy 600,000 metric tons in its biggest tender in at least two years after storms hurt local harvests, raising competition for global supplies even as output drops.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Philippines, the world’s top rice importer, plans its biggest tender for the staple next month after storms hurt local harvests, raising competition between importers for global supplies even as output drops.
MANILA -(Dow Jones)- Philippine vehicle sales rose 20% in October from a year earlier, bolstered by aggressive marketing and low-cost financing, an industry report released Monday show.
(RTTNews) - Tuesday, a report by the National Statistics Office of Philippines said that total exports dropped 18.3% on a yearly basis in September, slower than the revised 21% fall in the previous month.
MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Philippine authorities said Monday they found the severed head of a school principal, who was kidnapped three weeks ago by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants.
On Saturday, Sept. 26, Tropical Storm Ketsana roared into the Philippines. Rain quickly turned into a deluge. In the next 12 hours, 16.7 inches fell on this tropical archipelago, homeland to 40,000 Bay Area Filipinos. That's the normal amount for the whole month of September.
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