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RENO, Nev. - University of Nevada swimmers Marichi Gandionco and Heidi Gem Ong will represent the Philippines at the 25th Southeast Asia Games being held Dec. 9-18 at Vientiane, Laos. Both swimmers are from Quezon City and are scheduled to take the pool on Thursday.
MANILA, Philippines -- Philippine police say they have identified 161 suspects in the massacre of 57 people last month, including government militiamen led by members of a powerful clan facing murder and rebellion charges.
(RTTNews) - Armed mountain tribesmen released 125 people hours after abducting them from an elementary school in the southern Philippines Thursday. Fifteen gunmen attacked a village primary school near Prosperidad on the east coast of Mindanao island as classes were about to begin in the morning.
Manila - Gunmen on Thursday seized 75 people in a southern Philippine province in a bid to stop police officers from serving arrest warrants against them, police said. Seventeen schoolchildren and one adult were freed hours later after negotiations b...
(AP:MANILA, Philippines) Moderate economic growth in the Philippines in recent years did not translate to poverty reduction, which has been slower compared to the country's neighbors, said an Asian Development Bank report released Thursday.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Authorities in the Philippines say suspected bandits holding dozens of hostages have released all 17 children in the group, as well as an elderly woman.
Manila - Philippine security forces launched Wednesday an offensive against militiamen suspected of being involved in a grisly massacre of 57 people two weeks ago, a military spokesman said. Major Randolph Cabangbang said a joint team of soldiers and...
Al Qaeda-linked militants in the Philippines have beheaded one of three Filipino factory workers they seized in the troubled south of the country last month, an official said Wednesday.
Philippine negotiators put off until Friday talks to secure the release of 57 people taken hostage by armed mountain tribesmen from a school in the troubled southern region of Mindanao.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police today named 161 suspects in the massacre of 57 people last month in the country’s worst election violence, including government militiamen led by members of a powerful clan facing murder and rebellion charges.
MANILA -(Dow Jones)- Vehicle sales in the Philippines surged in November, bolstered by buyers replacing vehicles due to damage caused by recent typhoons, steady growth in remittances and aggressive promotions by car assemblers, an industry report said Monday.
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine police on Wednesday named 161 suspects in the massacre of 57 people last month in the country's worst election violence, including government...
Can a Barcelona truck driver be expected to speak like a Buenos Aires banker? Can rules be imposed on a language spoken by 400 million people stretching from Madrid to Manila?
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Philippines, the world’s biggest rice importer, attracted fewer offers today, and sellers sought at least 30 percent more than the average price agreed in last month’s tender, signaling scarcer global supplies.
(RTTNews) - Prosecutors in the Philippines have charged 24 people with rebellion in connection with last month's brutal election-related massacre of 57 people on the southern island of Mindanao, said officials on Wednesday.
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