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Ex-Army man killed in Sorsogon1/20/2008

"Illegal drugs will not do good to all of you"

Sub-leader of Abu Sayyaf arrested in Philippines

Joint military and police operatives have arrested a sub-leader of the violent bandit group Abu Sayyaf, who is believed to be involved in the beheading of 10 navy soldiers in last July, the army said Monday. via Xinhuanet

Priest shot dead in Tawi-tawi1/16/2008

Priest shot dead in Tawi-tawi Suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group shot dead a priest Tuesday night in Tawi-tawi, ABS-CBN Regional Network Group reported. via ABS-CBN News

Majority of Customs districts miss targets

HEADS may roll at the Bureau of Customs after a majority of its collection districts fell short of their revenue targets last year. via Manila Times

League wants IRA for new cities stopped

Some city governments may resort to austerity measures due to cut in internal revenue allotment KIDAPAWAN CITY: The city government here is bent on imposing austerity measures to ensure the smooth delivery of ... via Manila Times

Body found behind church

"We haven't actually had the official confirmation, although we assume it's her. It's just so awful, I'm so upset about it"

Philippines will lose out if it rejects free trade treaty with Japan, senator says

"I've concluded that there is not much gain that is inherent in the treaty negotiated thus far, but that the loss arising from not ratifying it is certainly calculable and is definite"

Philippine Aviation Chief Fired After FAA Downgrade

About two weeks after the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority downgraded the Philippines aviation safety rating, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo fired the country's aviation chief, Inquirer.net ... via New America Media

Pope praises courage of Philippine priest slain by suspected al-Qaida-linked extremists

"Paying tribute to the courage and faithfulness shown by this generous priest in his ministry as head of Notre Dame School, his holiness commends Father Roda's example to priests and people throughout the region, and especially to the young"

Philippine leader cites drop in political killings, but numbers differ from activists'

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Friday her government made significant progress in reducing political killings in 2007, but critics countered that violence was far from over. via PR-inside.com

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'Igme' maintains strength, 3 areas in the North under signal 3
Three areas were placed under Signal 3 as tropical storm "Igme" (Fung-Wong) intensified into a typhoon and continued to move closer to the Batanes-Taiwan area on Sunday.

PNP may soon stop practice of presenting arrested suspects before media
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet, Philippines - The practice of parading arrested suspects by police for photo opportunity may soon be a thing of the past.

Arroyo showing malice, deviousness in talks with MILF - Joma
MANILA, Philippines - The Arroyo administration is showing its malice and deviousness in peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the Communist Party of the Philippines' founding chairman said Saturday.

Palace: It's 'all systems go' for SONA
MANILA, Philippines - All is set for President Arroyo's State of the Nation Address (SONA) before the joint session of Congress at the Batasan Complex in Quezon City on Monday.

(Update) Australian investigators examine hole in jumbo jet
MANILA, Philippines - Australian investigators on Saturday began examining a Qantas jumbo jet which had to make an emergency landing after a large hole opened on its fuselage, a Philippine aviation official said.

7 more Manila jail inmates freed via 'Justice on Wheels' project
MANILA, Philippines - Seven more inmates, including a female detainee, at the Manila City Jail were released from detention in hearings conducted on Friday in a mobile court under the Supreme Court"s Justice on Wheels Project and the Increasing Access to Justice Program, the tribunal said on Saturday.

Teenagers' quarrel claims another life
MANILA, Philippines - A 17-year-old man died and his friend was injured in an apparent grudge fight with a rival group in Pandacan, Manila, on Saturday morning.

Muslim rebels walk out of peace talks with RP gov't
Muslim separatist rebels say they have walked out of peace talks in protest after the Philippine government allegedly reneged on a previous agreement.

Indigenous peoples to bare true state of their lives
Hundreds of indigenous peoples will gather on July 28 to 31 at Camp Alano in Toril, Davao City to expose the real state of the lives of the indigenous peoples in Mindanao.

Exercise self-discipline in bed, archbishop tells couples
MANILA, Philippines -- Amid the raging debate on artificial methods of birth control, Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales’s advice to all married couples is to exercise more “self-discipline” and “self-control” in bed.

Protesters create ugliest Arroyo effigy for SONA
Aside from filling the streets with protesters, militant groups planning to hold rallies during the State of the Nation Address on Monday will also try to outdo each other in fashioning and displaying the ugliest but most meaningful effigies of the country’s most unpopular president since Ferdinand Marcos.

Be not afraid of politics -- Governor Ed
MANILA, Philippines -- Don’t be afraid of politics. This was the message of priest-turned-Pampanga Governor Ed Panlilio to students of politics who have grown up in an era dominated by traditional politicians (trapos) who put their interests above public service.

Allies give President morale booster before SONA
MANILA, Philippines -- Smarting from plunging trust and approval ratings, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo got a much-needed confidence booster -- if only from her own allies -- on the eve of her State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday.

Palace defends Arroyo’s legitimacy
MANILA, Philippines -- Malacañang said Saturday that the legitimacy of President Macapagal-Arroyo has long been settled, and belittled the claim of a group of former Cabinet members and other former officials that the President was presiding over “a stolen, not a strong, republic.”

Local bomb probers decry denial of access to Qantas plane
MANILA, Philippines -- Raising issues of sovereignty and jurisdiction, local bomb experts protested on Saturday what they said were strict restrictions imposed on them in their attempt to investigate the cause of the explosion that ripped a hole in a Qantas flight forced to land in Manila on Friday.

A refurbished Congress to greet President for SONA
MANILA, Philippines -- The country’s “most unpopular” President may find herself a bit disoriented when she steps into the halls of the House of Representatives for her State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday.

Storm 'Igme' intensifies, moves closer to Batanes
MANILA, Philippines -- Tropical storm “Igme” (international code name: Fung Wong), packing maximum sustained winds of 105 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 135 kph, has intensified and moved closer to the Batanes-Taiwan area, the weather bureau said in its latest bulletin Saturday.

(UPDATE 2) Peace talks collapse -- MILF
ZAMBOANGA -- Peace talks between the Philippine government and Muslim separatist rebels collapsed after Manila tried to go back on an earlier agreement, rebel spokesmen said Saturday.

CSC no place for ‘puppets,’ new chair told
MANILA, Philippines -- Militant government workers trooped to the Civil Service Commission central office on Friday and spray painted its walls with the slogan “No Puppets Allowed” to register their opposition to the appointment of former Cabinet Secretary Ricardo Saludo as new CSC chair.

Gov’t sets consultations on cheap medicines law
MANILA, Philippines—The Intellectual Property Office, also called IP Philippines, said it would hold public consultations on the drafting of the implementing rules for the cheaper medicines law on Tuesday at its head office in Makati City.

Catholic groups pray against passage of population bill
MANILA, Philippines—Some 12,000 members of “pro-life” groups convened on the parade grounds of the University of Santo Tomas Friday to protest a bill in Congress seeking to control population growth in the Philippines.

Say Goodbye to the Small Boy Wonder
The people have spoken, and they chose Iñaki to fill in the final spot of the Headmaster's list of top ten scholars. It was definitely a close fight, and unfortunately, Christian was on the losing end, with only 43.99 percent of the total votes. His emotion towards his expulsion was apparent as he sang his final song on the Performance Hall stage.

'Modern family planning same as genocide'
Using condoms, IUDs, and other modern family planning methods could mean committing genocide and being part of a global conspiracy to exterminate humanity, an opponent of modern family planning says. Linda Valenzona, a consultant of the Vatican's Pontifical Council on the Family, believes that modern family planning is a form of voluntary genocide imposed by powerful groups upon the weak, and it will lead nowhere but to extinction.

Concepcion fulfills vow, stuns Banal via KO
In the end, Rafael "El Torito" Concepcion fulfilled a promise he had made: that he would not go back a loser to Panama.

This Fil-Am has jazz in his genes
The year is 2002. The place is Charlie O's, a comfortable, somewhat-upscale jazz club in North Hollywood, Southern California, whose claim to fame is "great music" in the jazz universe. It is Thursday night and a jam session is about to take center stage. Tonight, just like any Thursday night at Charlie O's, several musicians have listed their names and wait for a call to perform and intuitively integrate their sense of rhythm, harmony, and melody without any dress rehearsal. Jazz enthusiasts, respectfully quiet, stare at the performers in one-pointed concentration. After all, it is considered rude to chat during a jazz performance.

Nigerian militants kidnap foreign oil workers anew, including Filipinos
LAGOS - Militants attacked a ship overnight near a major oil export terminal in southern Nigeria and kidnapped eight foreign workers, an army spokesman said Saturday.

9 pinoy kids with no permit in Kuwait deported
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More real estate projects lined up for OFWs, retirees
Real estate developers are developing affordable housing and condominium projects to address the demand of its most active buyers, the overseas Filipino workers and retirees. According to Mike Mabutol, director for Investment Properties and Capital Markets at CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) Philippines, OFWs and retirees around the world are targeting mid-end residential development projects.

Healing priest speaks finally on Toronto diocese ban
Renowned healing priest, Fr. Fernando Suarez, finally spoke on Friday about the ban imposed against him by a Toronto diocese because of his alleged violation of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith disciplinary norms contained in the Instruction on Prayers for Healing.

Travel agency owner flees with OFWs' ticket money
A travel agency owner in Italy allegedly duped at least 2,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) of thousands of euros when she disappeared with the money paid for airline tickets to the Philippines.

Nine Pinoy kids deported from Kuwait
Nine Filipino children without "Iqama" or residence permit in Kuwait have been deported and were expected in the Philippines Friday afternoon.

Dozens hurt in Philippines bus blast
A homemade bomb ripped through a commuter bus in the southern Philippines on Thursday, wounding 27 people, police said.

Typhoon toll in Philippines could pass 1,000
The official toll from last weekend's typhoon in the Philippines has risen to more than 500 people killed and could go much higher, according to the latest figures from the country's National Disaster Coordinating Council.

70 dead, 700 missing after ferry disaster
Seventy people have been confirmed dead and more than 700 remain missing more than four days after a ferry capsized in a typhoon off the coast of the Philippines, the country's defense minister said Wednesday.

Storm hits China after lashing Philippines
Tropical storm Fengshen surged toward Taiwan and southeast China on Wednesday after leaving a path of destruction in the Philippines where the search for more survivors from a capsized ferry has proved fruitless.

Divers yet to find ferry survivors
Philippine divers found bodies but so far no survivors inside the hull of a ferry that capsized in a typhoon, a Philippine Coast Guard official said Tuesday.

Rescuers hold out hope for ferry survivors
Rescuers in the Philippines have refused to give up hope of rescuing some of the more than 800 people missing after a ferry capsized in a typhoon despite rough seas stalling efforts to get inside the vessel.

33 survivors rescued from Philippines ferry
Rescuers have found at least 33 survivors and at least six dead among the nearly 750 aboard a ferry that capsized in a typhoon that battered the southern Philippines, a Red Cross official said Monday.

Help on way for grounded Philippine ferry
A rescue vessel was expected to reach a stranded ferry with more than 700 people onboard by late Sunday morning (late Saturday night ET), the chief of the Philippines Coast Guard said.

TV news reporter, crew missing in Philippines
Three members of a Filipino television news crew traveling in the island province of Sulu were kidnapped Sunday and are being held for ransom, possibly by the Islamic militant group Abu Sayyaf, their news network said.

Earthquake hits Philippines
A magnitude-6.4 earthquake hit the Pacific Ocean off the northern Philippines Sunday morning and was felt as far as southeastern Taiwan, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Shooting spree in Philippines kills 8
A man strafed several houses during a shooting spree early Monday in a town south of Manila, killing eight people and wounding six others.

Treatable Ailments Kill 10M Children
More than 200 million children worldwide under age 5 do not get basic health care, leading to nearly 10 million deaths annually from treatable ailments

Philippines: No Kidneys for Foreigners
Foreigners will be permanently banned from receiving kidneys for transplant in the Philippines to prevent the country from becoming a major black market Asian center

Water pollution: Dawn of the 'Dead Zones'
It's thousands of square miles wide, virtually devoid of oxygen and it has been blamed for an increase in shark attacks: the Gulf of Mexico "Dead Zone" is getting bigger and forcing marine life -- including sharks - into shore.

Diplomats to Pay NYC $57.6 Million
A federal judge has ordered the governments of India, Mongolia and the Philippines to pony up $57.6 million in real estate taxes in a case that reached the U.S. Supreme Court

Easter penitents warned: Whip at your own peril
Exercise caution while you practice devotion.

26 Chinese rescued from sinking vessel
Emergency crews have rescued 26 Chinese crew members whose boat began taking on water off the northern Philippines Sunday night, the state-run Chinese news agency reported.

Typhoons near Vietnam, Philippines
The Philippines and Vietnam stepped up the evacuations of tens of thousands ahead of the landfalls of two separate typhoons expected on Saturday.

Manila Bomb: Terror or Vendetta?
The blast at the Philippines' legislature appears to have targeted a lawmaker at odds with the Islamic terror group Abu Sayyaf. But with political violence in the Philippines so widespread, its real cause may never be known

Sepat spawns deadly China tornado
Typhoon Sepat swept China's southern coast on Sunday, killing 14 people and forcing almost a million people from their homes before weakening into a tropical storm.

Trying to Save the Coral Reefs
Global warming and pollution are threatening the colorful and complex ecosystems. Is it too late to save them?

CNN Future Summit forum
In a virtual world, online identity is potentially much more flexible than real identity and some say it is also a truer reflection of self.

Market bomb kills 3 in Philippines
Making good on a threat, insurgents in the southern Philippines on Tuesday bombed a busy public market in the city of Tacurong, killing three and wounding 21 others, police said.

CNN Future Summit forum
A machine for the home that can make anything, even itself sounds like the dream of a science fiction fan, but a device using open source software developed at Cornell University has been designed to do just that. Could it represent the dawn of the arts and crafts movement for the digital age or open the gateway to the destruction of intellectual property rights and copyright?

CNN Future Summit forum
Bruce Willis did it, with the aid of a large plastic tube and a set of bellows, in "Twelve Monkeys;" Michael J. Fox did it -- three times -- in the "Back to the Future" series; the crew of the Starship Enterprise can't stop doing it (at least 14 times in television episodes alone); while as the "Terminator" Arnold Schwarzenegger also gave it a go, albeit stark naked.

THE WORLD AT RISK
1. Brazil

Philippines rescue efforts intensify
Red Cross officials in Manila revised the death toll from this week's deadly typhoon that struck the Philippines, listing 145 people as dead and 294 as missing.

CNN Future Summit forum
A car that can drive itself is the fantasy of any designated driver, but the dream of owning a vehicle that does all the driving while you sit back and relax is one step closer to reality, as in-car artificial intelligence being developed by a team at Stanford University is ready to be used on city streets in the ultimate test of robot cars.

Shaving the environment
Muntinlupa, Philippines--Faced with the worst oil spill in Philippine history after a tanker sank off the coast of Guimaras Aug. 11, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo made an unusual plea for human...

The mighty micro-multinational
When working in the tropical sun becomes too much for Ivko Maksimovic, the lanky Serbian heads to one of the Dominican Republic's pristine white-sand beaches. He first gathers up a black hat, mosqu...

How startups go global
When working in the tropical sun becomes too much for Ivko Maksimovic, the lanky Serbian heads to one of the Dominican Republic's pristine white-sand beaches. He first gathers up a black hat, mosquito repellent, and a bottle of drinking water.

150 seamen missing after typhoon
At least 150 Vietnamese fishermen were missing and another 28 have been found dead after getting caught in a powerful typhoon in the South China Sea.

Arroyo, Imelda aid mudslide effort
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo arrived Wednesday at the site of the mudslide which is thought to have killed 1,000 people, many of them children.

'No sign of life' at buried school
A military official has said there is no "sign of life" at the site of a school buried in a landslide that wiped out a village of more than 1,800 people in the Philippines on Friday.

Travel memories: have your say
Business Traveller's recent look at the 70th anniversary of the classic DC-3 "Dakota" aircraft has stirred memories for many executives of a golden era of travel.

Fountain Pen Doctor
I first got into vintage fountain pens as a collector about 1997. My son-in-law discovered eBay and dragged me in. I've been pen doctoring full-time since September 2002, when I bailed out of the c...

Nations agree joint terror patrols
The Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei have agreed to regularly hold joint patrols in border areas frequently hit with attacks by kidnappers and Islamic militants, Philippine officials said.

Manila: 5 Marines accused of rape
The Philippines government will investigate and prosecute to the fullest five U.S. Marines who are accused of raping a Filipino woman earlier this week, the nation's secretary of foreign affairs said Thursday.

Pair charged on Philippine spying
An FBI intelligence analyst and a former official with the Philippines National Police were ordered Monday to remain jailed on charges they passed classified U.S. information to current and former members of the Filipino government.

Bomb hits Philippines ferry
Thirty people were wounded, five seriously, when a bomb exploded Sunday on a ferry in the southern Philippines, a military spokesman said.

Your e-mails: Asia
CNN.com asked users to share their thoughts about the political, spiritual, economic and other global issues the next pope will face. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited:

Your e-mails: Asia
CNN.com asked its readers to share their views on the death of Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited:

Terror alert out for Philippines
Australian and American citizens have been warned to postpone all but essential travel to the Philippines because of fears of terrorist attacks.

Philippines market bomb kills 14
A bomb has exploded at a market packed with Christmas shoppers in the southern Philippines, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than 50, according to authorities.

Survivors rescued after 10 days
As the confirmed death toll from devastating storms in the Philippines rises to more than 840, rescuers have pulled at least four survivors from a building that collapsed in mudslides 10 days ago.

Typhoon hampers Philippines rescue
High winds and heavy rain from the approaching Typhoon Namandol are hampering rescue efforts in the northeastern Philippines where emergency services are struggling with the aftermath of two earlier storms.

Deadly flooding, landslides hit Philippines
Amid fallen trees and coconut leaves, the dead are piled onto a muddy roadside. Surrounding them are survivors, signaling for help.

Storms bear down on Philippines
The Philippines is bracing for more disastrous weather over the next few days, coming hard on the heels of two earlier deadly storms.

Bringing mobiles to the masses
Technology companies have always tried to win over the ultra-savvy consumer at the cutting edge of the market, but now they are going after another audience.

Hero's welcome for former hostage
The Philippines has laid on a hero's welcome for freed hostage Angelo dela Cruz who returned to Manila on Thursday.

Philippines troops out of Iraq
The last Philippine peacekeeping troops have left Iraq, meeting a demand by militants holding a Filipino hostage but defying opposition from its allies.

Philippines forces in Iraq to handover duties
Remaining members of the Philippines forces in Iraq will leave the country after handing over their duties to Polish troops Monday morning, according to Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Delia Albert.

Philippines forces leaving Iraq
Brig. Gen. Jovito Talparan, the head of the Philippines' forces in Iraq, and 10 members arrived Saturday in Kuwait and would continue to Manila Sunday, Foreign Affairs Secretary Delia Albert said.

Bombings rock Iraq on Baathist coup anniversary
Insurgent fighters launched deadly attacks across Iraq on Saturday, killing a U.S. soldier and at least seven Iraqis in separate attacks.

Filipino 'freed when troops leave'
Militants holding a Filipino hostage say they will free him when "the last Filipino leaves Iraq on a date that doesn't go beyond the end of this month," according to a statement read by the Arabic-language news network Al-Jazeera.

Philippines refuses Iraq hostage-takers' demand
The Philippines will not meet a demand by hostage-takers to pull its troops from Iraq about a month ahead of schedule, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Delia Albert said Sunday.

Report: Filipino's captors extend deadline
Militants who took a Filipino man hostage in Iraq have extended their death-threat deadline by 24 hours, hours after relatives were told he had been freed.

Officials 'won't bow to militants'
Bulgaria and the Philippines say they will not bow to demands by suspected insurgents who kidnapped and threatened to kill their citizens in Iraq.

Filipino awaits SARS test results
The top health official in the Philippines said it would be at least one more day before the test results are available for a suspected SARS case.

Philippines gym blast toll rises
Philippine officials Monday upped the toll from a deadly weekend bombing outside a gymnasium in the southern Philippines, saying the blast killed 14 people and wounded 87 others -- including the town's mayor.

Philippines gym blast kills 12
A bomb has exploded near a gymnasium in the southern Philippines, killing 12 people and wounding several others -- including the town's mayor -- according to a national police spokesman.

Down and Out in White-Collar America Professionals have never had a tougher time finding a job. It's not just the economy; the r
As far as Brian Hill's four kids are concerned, nothing has really changed. Dad still dons a suit and tie every morning and catches the 7:45 A.M. train to downtown Chicago, spends the day at a desk...

The Net Makes It All Easier--Including Exporting U.S. Jobs
Where is work most efficiently done? It's a logical question, but one that business never had the luxury to ask: Work was done where the company was. Then, as travel and communication got easier i...

No Way Out Competition to make products for Western companies has revived an old form of abuse: debt bondage.
For the privilege of working 12-hour shifts seven days a week in a factory where she makes plastic casings for Motorola cellphones, Mary, 30, will be in debt for years to come.

NOW HEAR THIS
PYOTR S. FILIPOV, a Soviet economist and member of Leningrad's city council, on the city's push to adopt capitalism: ''We must hurry away from Marxism-Leninism, through Socialism, to Reaganism.''

ASIA'S RISING EXPORT POWERS Thailand and Malaysia lead the next generation of little Japans. Their rapid
JAPAN blazed the export trail. But soon a new group of champions came roaring down that path -- Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea. Now a second pack of Asian nations is carving out a gr...

THE NEW POWERS OF ASIA The rise of Pacific nations causes doomsayers to see calamity for the West. A closer look reveals new opp
IN A FLASH, it seems, they have gone from scruffy, dependent countries to well-off producers of shoes, clothes, and transistor radios to wealthy powerhouses that appear to turn out the best of ever...

AQUINO NEEDS A NEW MIRACLE The plucky housewife-turned-President of the Philippines can take credit for the country's recent ret
THE SHATTERED Philippine economy is finally perking up, thanks largely to President Corazon Aquino. But the recovery is more sluggish and uncertain than it should be, and Aquino bears responsibilit...

Upcoming
February 4: President Reagan submits his fiscal 1987 budget to Congress. (For business reaction, see Politics & Policy.) February 7: Presidential elections are scheduled in the Philippines, pitting...

Signals
The Securities and Exchange Commission ordered E.F. Hutton to reimburse investors for the more than $1 million they lost in two mutual funds that the SEC says Hutton mismanaged. The International M...

A Filipino Embrace
For N.B.A. players like Gilbert Arenas, who are making their first visit to the Philippines, the adoration of fans here can be both flattering and startling.

After Philippine Ferry Wreck, Many Bodies and Few Survivors
Rescuers reached the capsized Princess of the Stars and found many corpses inside the vessel. Only 62 of the more than 800 passengers are confirmed to have survived.

Hopes for Survivors Fading at Sunken Philippine Ferry
The known dead from the ferry brought the death toll from the typhoon, named Fengshen, to more than 180, the Philippine National Red Cross said.

Weather Slows Rescue After Typhoon Sinks Philippine Ferry
Hundreds of people, including as many as 45 children, were feared dead after their boat capsized and sank.

Scores Die and Ship Sinks in Storm in Philippines
A typhoon killed about 80 people in floods and landslides, and at least 4 others have died in the sinking of a ferry with more than 700 passengers and crew members.

Abu Sayyaf Militants Free Kidnapped News Crew in Philippines
Abu Sayyaf militants have released members of a news team they abducted in the southern Philippines last week, among them one of the country’s best-known television journalists.

Philippine Television Crew Believed to Be Kidnapped
A news team from the Philippines’ largest TV network was believed to have been abducted by members of the militant group Abu Sayyaf, officials said.

Experts See Gains Against Asian Terror Networks
Policing, improved intelligence and eroded public support have weakened Southeast Asian terrorist networks.

High Prices for Staple Foods Dip, but Volatile Markets Persist
The prices of rice, wheat, soybeans and several other foods have come down recently, a development that could ease some of the panic in global food markets.

Philippines Introduces Cash Subsidies and Cheaper Rice for the Poor
The government has set in motion an unprecedented relief program and will distribute “rice passes” to the most impoverished families reeling from high food prices.

Freer Trade Could Fill the World’s Rice Bowl
The damage that trade restrictions cause is probably most evident in the case of rice, which is the major foodstuff for about half of the world, but is highly regulated.

Philippines Worried About Rice Shortages
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered a crackdown on rice hoarders Tuesday, as her administration tried to blunt the impact of rice shortages that could fuel public unrest.

Imelda Marcos Acquitted, Again
A Manila court acquitted the former first lady of the Philippines of 32 counts of illegal money transfers, in the latest of a series of corruption trials.

Arroyo Plot Reported
A plot to assassinate the president of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, was announced a day before demonstrations against her are planned.

Philippine Talks Stall as Separatists Accuse Government of Changing Agreement
The separatist group’s negotiating panel refused to talk with government negotiators at a scheduled meeting, claiming the changes will push negotiations back to square one.

Huge Debts Drives Man To Kill Self In Southern Philippines

' A Filipino man despondent over his huge financial debts climbed up a tall billboard sign in Davao City and then leaped to his death, police said.

Peace talks with Philippine government collapse: Muslim rebels

ZAMBOANGA: Peace talks between the Philippine government and Muslim separatist rebels collapsed after Manila tried to go back on an earlier agreement, rebel spokesmen said Saturday.

Qantas jet lands with gaping hole in fuselage

The 346 passengers were cruising at 29,000 feet Friday when an explosive bang shook the Qantas jumbo jet.

Toxic Chemicals Found In Common Scented Laundry Products, Air Fresheners

ScienceDaily (July 24, 2008) - A University of Washington study of top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found the products emitted dozens of different chemicals. All six products tested gave off at least one chemical regulated as toxic or hazardous under federal laws, but none of those chemicals was listed on the product labels.

4 foreign chambers identify 5 cities as retirement havens

Four foreign chambers of commerce comprising of Japan, Korea, European and US have identified five areas - Manila, Subic, Tagaytay, Cebu and Dumaguete - as ideal retirement havens in the country that can really provide full service to foreign retirees.

Protest vs Sona set: Hell on Earth?

PIPIT, a 12-year-old boy, is vigorously dabbing the placards with calls for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's ouster.

Human rights chief deplores MMDA's iron fist

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) deplored the violent evictions being enforced by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) against informal settlers and sidewalk vendors.

Only 13% say Arroyo's SONAs 'truthful': Pulse Asia

President Arroyo's State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday will get wide media mileage but whether the public believes what she says during this big annual event is another story.

SONA for GMA, SIPA for Mindanao's Lumads

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is delivering her State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 28 as leaders of Mindanao's indigenous peoples (IPs or Lumads) gather at a scouting camp here on that day until the 31st for the "State of the Indigenous Peoples Address (SIPA)."

Philippine Rice Farmers: Texting for Expert Advice

The Philippines is the SMS text messaging capital of the world in terms of density and intensity of usage. Some people here are getting very creative with using text messaging.

27 hurt in explosion aboard Philippine bus

A homemade bomb ripped through a commuter bus in the southern Philippines on Thursday, wounding 27 people, police said.

Philippines partially opens mothballed airport terminal for domestic flights

The first flights are rolling out of an airport terminal in the Philippine capital, promising to bring much-needed new capacity to the old, overburdened facilities after a six-year legal delay, officials said ...

'Mobile phones should be banned from school' says Philippines lawmaker

Manila: A lawmaker has proposed a ban on the use of mobile phones inside school premises to prevent, among other improper practices, "cheating during examinations." Rufus Rodriguez of the second congressional ...

More arrivals from Philippines to Sabah expected with new low-cost flight

Kota Kinabalu : More arrivals from the Philippines are expected following the inauguration of the twice-weekly direct service from Manila to Kota Kinabalu by Filipino low-cost carrier, Cebu Pacific on Friday.

Support and aid helping security in Philippines

U.S. task force officials deployed to the jungles of the southern Philippines say despite some recent violence, years of military support and humanitarian aid are paying off in the fight against Islamic ...

PHILIPPINES: Food crisis threatening nutrition of young children

Rising prices of basic food commodities have forced the Philippine government to scale down efforts to address malnutrition among children, putting the under sixes at nutritional risk.

Philippines peace process bogged down

The peace process between the Philippine government and the country's largest Muslim militant group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front , based on Mindanao Island, while it has faced difficulties, on Tuesday ...

British tourist drowns while swimming in a waterfall in the Philippines

MANILA, Philippines : Philippine police say a British tourist has drowned after being swept away by a strong current at a popular waterfall west of Manila.

Armed gang attacks Philippines mine rig-Indophil

By James Regan

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An armed gang attacked and set fire to a mine exploration rig at the giant Philippines Tampakan copper and gold prospect held jointly by Xstrata Copper and Australia-listed Indophil Resources NL, Indophil said on Monday.

The attack at one of the world's largest untapped copper deposits happened late on Saturday, Indophil said, adding that no one was injured. It was the latest in a series of attacks on big businesses in the southern Philippines.

"Local media reports a regional military commander as saying that 12 hours after the incident at the drill rig, two soldiers were wounded in a clash with a group believed to be responsible for the attack on the drill rig," the company added. The Tampakan project is held 62.5 percent by Xstrata Copper, 34.23 percent by Indophil and the rest by Philippine interests.

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