Rescue on as Philippine ferry sinks with 60 aboard
6 days ago
In December 1987, the ferry Dona Paz sank after colliding with a fuel tanker in the Philippines, killing more than 4,341 people in the world's worst peacetime maritime disaster.
Philippines vows to defend territory, sovereignty
8 days ago
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III vowed Wednesday his country will not back down from any challenge to its sovereignty and territory amid a sea dispute with China.
Philippines wants better protection for UN troops
9 days ago
Two peacekeepers from the Philippines and India were wounded last week during fighting between Syrian government and rebel forces.
Town honors dog that saved 2 girls in Philippines
10 days ago
The mixed-breed dog came back from months-long treatment at the University of California, Davis, veterinary hospital, paid for with $27,000 in donations raised in the Philippines and abroad.
Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes off Philippines
11 days ago
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck off the eastern Philippines.
Quakes kill 1 in Taiwan, injure 9 in Philippines
18 days ago
Another earthquake jolted the southern Philippines late Saturday, injuring at least nine people and damaging dozens of houses.
Communist rebels ambush Philippine police, kill 7
24 days ago
Philippine police say communist rebels set off a roadside bomb and opened fire on a truck carrying police, killing seven and wounding seven officers.
Brown hounded for calling Manila `gates of hell'
28 days ago
Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital.
Philippines fears for workers in Taiwan amid row
34 days ago
Philippine envoy Amadeo Perez said Thursday after returning from Taipei that the government has verified at least one attack, in which a Filipino was beaten with a bat.
Manila issues fresh apology for Taiwan death
35 days ago
Hung is the 65-year-old fisherman killed May 9 when Philippine coast guard personnel opened fire on his fishing vessel in the Bashi Strait, between the northern Philippines and southern Taiwan.
