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The Advocate - Wed Nov 18, 4:53 pm ET
An election official in the Philippines said Monday that gays and lesbians cannot be considered marginalized in society because there are already too many of them in the nation's congress.
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 6:14 pm ET
Grant provides hot food to 150 children under 5 for six months
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USA Today - Fri Nov 20, 6:13 pm ET
Who's the bigger draw, Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao? If the official numbers are indication in Las Vegas, it's the Filipino.
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KTUU Anchorage - Wed Nov 18, 7:12 pm ET
Associated Press - November 18, 2009 7:04 PM ET FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - Amanda Coolley of Fairbanks has won "Survivor Philippines." The show's Web site says Coolley defeated "Girl Next...
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USA Today - Fri Nov 20, 2:02 pm ET
Freddie Roach will have to be master and commander of Pacquiao's corner when the Filipino superstar (49-3-2, 37 KOs) meets Miguel Cotto.
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EARTHtimes.org - Sat Nov 21, 2:59 am ET
Manila - Seven people were injured Saturday in a grenade explosion on a southern Philippine city, a provincial police chief said. The explosion occurred before dawn in front of a construction supply store in Iloilo City, 490 kilometres south of Manil...
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USA Today - Fri Nov 20, 1:22 pm ET
The Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto fight is officially a hit, as HBO announced Friday that the matchup of the Filipino superstar and the Puerto Rican welterweight star sold 1.25 million pay-per-view buys.
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Tahoe Daily Tribune - Fri Nov 20, 7:42 am ET
NEW YORK - Floyd Mayweather Jr. against Manny Pacquiao. A fight too big not to happen. Bob Arum of Pacquiao promoter Top Rank said Thursday he's ready to negotiate a showdown between the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world, even suggesting potential locations and acknowledging that his Filipino star is willing to fight at 147 pounds. Arum is waiting to hear from Golden Boy Promotions chief ...
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EARTHtimes.org - 4 minutes ago
Sydney - More than 1,000 volunteer firefighters backed by 70 aircraft were tackling more than 100 forest blazes in Australia's parched south-east Sunday. Temperatures topped 40 degrees in Sydney and across New South Wales as emergency services warned...
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EARTHtimes.org - 4 minutes ago
New Delhi - At least five people were killed and 50 were injured Sunday in three bombings by suspected separatist rebels in India's north-eastern state of Assam, a news report said. The bombs exploded within a span of 40 minutes in the Nalbari distri...
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Boston Herald - Wed Nov 18, 12:10 am ET
Travel Channel's "No Reservations" host Anthony Bourdain ranks the Philippines No. 1 in his Hierarchy of Pork. See for yourself at Turo Turo in Quincy, one...
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The Inquisitr - Mon Nov 16, 9:15 pm ET
Manila, Philippines (AHN) – Puerto Rican boxer Miguel Cotto is luckier than four fans of Manny Pacquiao despite losing his welterweight bout against the Filipino pugilist. The fans died from heart attack while watching the boxing bout on TV on Sunday. In Butuan City, Concordio Paredes, 69, dropped dead while watching the second round of the [...]
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UPI - Fri Nov 13, 1:04 pm ET
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.
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INO News - Wed Nov 18, 4:13 am ET
(RTTNews) - Wednesday, the Philippines' Bureau of Treasury said the government recorded a fiscal deficit of PHP 28.5 billion in October, larger than a deficit of PHP 9 billion seen last year.
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EARTHtimes.org - Fri Nov 20, 2:59 am ET
Manila - Philippine police Friday launched a manhunt for a British man suspected of killing the son of a senior aide of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during a traffic altercation. The suspect, Jason Ivler, is the stepson of an executive at the As...