MANILA (AFP) - - Eight people were found dead in a bank outside the Philippines capital on Friday in an apparent armed robbery, police said. More »
OTTAWA, May 13, 2008 (AFP) - Tickets, check. More »
MANILA - The Philippines has begun offering cash rewards to soldiers to help defeat communist New People's Army rebels in the final two years of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's administration, officials said on Tuesday. More »
MANILA, May 13, 2008 (AFP) - Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has ordered a medical team be deployed to earthquake-hit China, her spokesman said Tuesday, as the country condoled with Beijing. More »
MANILA, May 12, 2008 (AFP) - Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines expect the crisis of high food prices to last up to five years, a church official said Monday. More »
MANILA, May 12, 2008 (AFP) - Thousands of commuters were stranded across the Philippines on Monday as jeepney operators went on strike in protest at soaring fuel prices, reports and witnesses said. More »
DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) - - Communist guerrillas raided one of the biggest farms in the southern Philippines, stealing guns and abducting its manager and a security worker, police said on Monday. More »
MANILA, May 12, 2008 (AFP) - Philippine President Gloria Arroyo said on Monday she had pardoned nine military officers convicted of mounting a failed coup against her in 2003. More »
MANILA, May 11, 2008 (AFP) - A Cannes festival call-up for two independent films is raising hopes of a rebirth for the struggling Philippines movie industry, hit by rampant piracy, high taxes and foreign imports. More »
MANILA, May 10, 2008 (AFP) - The Philippines recorded 9,176 cases of dengue fever nationwide from January 1 to April 5 this year, an increase of almost 34 percent over the same period last year, the health department said Saturday. More »

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