MANILA, Jan 22, (RTRS): Senators in the Philippines on Tuesday joined activists and child protection groups in condemning a lower house move to reduce the …
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Manila arrests Chinese fugitive
Xie Haojie, center, who was arrested on Sunday in Manila in an operation coordinated with Chinese authorities, is escorted by Chinese immigration police after he …
Read More »Employment pact for Filipino workers kicks in
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 13: The agreement on the employment of Filipino workers in Kuwait comes into force today after being ratified Deputy Prime Minister and …
Read More »Huge crowd of Filipino Catholics gather amid terror fears
Filipino Roman Catholic devotees clamber to kiss and rub with towels the image of the Black Nazarene in a raucous procession to celebrate its feast …
Read More »3 Filipino policemen convicted
A Philippine court found three police officers guilty on Thursday of killing a student they alleged was a drug dealer, in the first known such …
Read More »Court orders arrest of Imelda Marcos guilty of graft
A Philippine court found former first lady Imelda Marcos guilty of graft and ordered her arrest Friday in a rare conviction among many corruption cases …
Read More »Gunmen kill 9 in Philippines
Gunmen killed nine members of a farmers’ group who occupied part of a privately owned sugarcane plantation in a central Philippine province, police said Sunday. …
Read More »14 dead as Philippine passenger van falls off cliff
LA TRINIDAD, Philippines (AP) – At least 14 people, mostly elderly villagers, died when the brakes of an overloaded passenger van failed while traveling on …
Read More »Filipinos’ ‘trust’ in Duterte falls
MANILA, Sept 8, (RTRS): Public trust in Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte dropped to the lowest of his presidency, a survey showed on Saturday, although he …
Read More »Philippine town mayor killed
A Philippine town mayor who was linked by the president to illegal drugs was fatally shot in his office Wednesday in the latest brazen attack …
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