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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 9, 7:45 am ET
SUNNYVALE, Calif.----Blue Coat Systems, Inc. , the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that Land Bank of the Philippines , the official depository of the Philippines and the country’s largest formal credit institution in rural areas, has deployed Blue Coat® ProxySG® appliances in 36 branches across the Philippines to speed the delivery of key business ...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 5:17 am ET
The Philippine government and Muslim rebels are on a "fast track" to striking a pact ending a decades-old rebellion by March or April, the Malaysian hosts of peace talks said on Wednesday.
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CNN - Mon Dec 7, 1:14 am ET
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.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 3:16 am ET
Manila - Peace talks between the Philippine government and Muslim secessionist rebels resumed Tuesday in Malaysia, after more than a year of suspension, a government statement said. Rafael Seguis, chairman of the government peace panel, expressed opt...
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The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Dec 7, 11:06 am ET
One day after Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo imposed martial law in Maguindanao Province, where her allies are linked to a recent massacre, critics have raised questions about her political motives and the potential for abuses.
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Nasdaq - Tue Dec 8, 3:02 am ET
MANILA -(Dow Jones)- The net profit of companies listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange in the nine months to September rose 61% on year, underpinning the robust performance of the bourse.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Tue Dec 8, 2:26 am ET
MANILA -- Critics of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo challenged her declaration of martial law in a southern province, as the government conducted more raids on Monday to battle what it calls an armed rebellion. Mrs. Arroyo's critics, including legislators and civil libertarians, say she overstepped constitutional bounds when she put Maguindanao Province under martial law Friday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 4:18 am ET
The Philippine government and a Muslim separatist group Tuesday resumed peace talks that collapsed 16 months ago, restoring formal efforts to end a decades-long rebellion that has claimed at least 120,000 lives.
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Bloomberg - Sun Dec 6, 11:31 pm ET
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- A lawyer representing the ruling clan in the Philippines Maguindanao province has asked the Supreme Court to lift military rule put in place after the election- related massacre of 57 people last month.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 12:39 pm ET
VANCOUVER----Serebra Learning Corporation , a leading e-learning solutions provider, today announced the appointment of SFI Group as the distributor of Serebra’s easyLearning courseware and courseware deployment systems for the Philippines.
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UPI - Sat Dec 5, 8:20 am ET
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.
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UPI - Mon Dec 7, 1:54 pm ET
MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Police in the Philippines have arrested more than 60 people and confiscated hundreds of illegal weapons after the recent election-related massacre left 57 dead.
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Free Internet Press - 1 hour 47 minutes ago
Philippine prosecutors filed charges of rebellion on Wednesday against five members of a powerful local clan over the massacre of 57 people in the south of the country.
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 7:00 am ET
MANILA, Philippines , Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Grammy Award Winner and Humanitarian Usher Raymond IV, announced today that his non-profit organization, Usher's New Look, will take Powered By Service, an initiative from Usher's New Look that encourages young people to utilize their talents and resources to make a difference in their community, to the Global Peace Convention in the Philippines from ...
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Rigzone - Wed Dec 9, 8:57 am ET
Otto Energy Ltd. Otto Energy will be commencing a 3D seismic data acquisition program in SC55. The Company plans to acquire 590km2 of 3D data in the southwest part of SC55. The program is designed to mature the Hawkeye structure and several other key leads in the license area.