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MANILA, Philippines - Some 1,000 journalists and activists marched Monday in the capital to protest the massacre in the southern Philippines of 57 civilians, including at least 30 journalists and their staff in the world's deadliest attack on the media.
A scion of a powerful clan suspected in the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan in the southern Philippines turned himself in Wednesday amid mounting pressure on the government to crack down on lawlessness and warlords.
Manila - Congressman Ferdinand Marcos Junior, son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, on Saturday filed his certificate of candidacy for senator in next year's elections. It will be the second attempt of a Marcos scion to seek a national post sinc...
A politician whose wife and relatives were among 57 people massacred in the southern Philippines in an apparent bid to stop...
Manila - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Monday she would run for a seat in Congress in next year's elections to represent a district in her home province. While I'm very much looking forward to stepping down at the end of my term,...
The Philippines was already considered among the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist even before 27 were killed on Monday in an election-related massacre.
Manila - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Monday she would run for a seat in Congress in next year's elections to represent a district in her home province. Yes, I will file my certificate of candidacy, Arroyo said when asked about...
Authorities have filed murder charges against a politician over the massacre of 57 unarmed civilians in the Philippines, state-run media reported Thursday.
MANILA—As of November 20, more than 10,000 Filipino and Filipino-American veterans of World War II have received their one-time compensation for military service during the war, totaling nearly P5.8 billion ($123 million), the United States embassy here said in a statement.
On a recent afternoon, about a dozen people crowded into the courtroom of El Paso County Magistrate Lynn Billings-Vela for a parental rights hearing. The lawyers and social workers pulled out their manila files, the mother reached for the box of...
The World Health Organization (WHO) promised on Thursday to donate 9 million H1N1 flu shots to the Philippines, and assured the country the vaccines were safe.
The son of a Philippines provincial governor is voluntarily turning himself in for questioning in the massacre of at least 57 unarmed civilians, a CNN affiliate reported Thursday.
MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- One hundred suspects, including police officers, could face arrest in the massacre on the southern Mindanao Island, a government official said Friday.
A powerful Muslim clan accused of staging a massacre last week of 57 civilians, including dozens of journalists, denied any involvement in the killings in a rare news conference Sunday. Thousands of followers rallied outside while Zaldy Ampatuan, governor of... Philippines - Zaldy Ampatuan - Muslim - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo - Maguindanao
The Philippines this year has been the world's most dangerous country for journalists, an official of the advocacy group the Committee to Protect Journalists told CNN's "Amanpour" program Wednesday.
MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The man accused of masterminding the election-related killings in southern Philippines denied any role, blaming an Islamic group for the violence.
