| A scrap to eat from the top table for Philippines football team DUBAI // In a world of Indomitable Lions and Super Eagles, the sobriquet for the Philippines national football team appears to have been lost in translation. The squad are called The Azkals, a... | |
| Philippine Tarsier Has Bat-Like Pitch One of the world's smallest primates, the Philippine Tarsier (Tarsius syrichta), has the world's highest pitched vocalization of any primate ever documented, according to a study published... |
| Philippines - UN declares defamation conviction a free expression violation In a case that could have global implications, the UN Human Rights Committee for the first time has found that jailing a writer for libel represents a violation of freedom of expression, report the... |
| Filipino Veterans Got 214 Million from US Last Year MANILA--Thousands of Filipino World War II veterans or their family members last year received $214.4 million in benefits and services from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), according to... |
| Hopes fade for dozens buried in Philippines quake In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, rescuers and residents search for survivors following a landslide that was triggered by Monday's magnitude- 6.9 earthquake at Guihulngan township,... |
| EU presses Philippine gov't, Muslim rebels to sign peace agreement MANILA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- The European Union on Wednesday urged the Philippine government and Muslim rebels to sign a peace agreement to end the long-running conflict. EU envoys in Manila visited... |
| AirAsia Philippines Leasing 16 Aircraft MANILA, Philippines - Newly licensed AirAsia Inc. (Philippines) will lease 14-16 Airbus 320 planes to service domestic and international routes within 1.5 to 4 hours flight from its Clark, Pampanga... |
| DOT rolls out 'It's More Fun in the Philippines' in formal launch The Department of Tourism (DOT) formally rolled out its advertising campaign on Wednesday to attract millions more tourists, confident that kidnappings in its rebellion-torn south would have little... |
| Senate junks bid to summon four SC justices to Corona trial Citing respect for the confidentiality of Supreme Court sessions and the basic principle of separation of powers, the Senate impeachment court on Wednesday denied a prosecution request to subpoena... |
| Drilon wants bank exec cited for contempt for refusing to bare Corona dollar accounts Sen. Franklin Drilon on Thursday moved to have a bank official cited in contempt for refusing to brink documents regarding Chief Justice Renato Corona’s dollar bank accounts to the impeachment... |
| Pneumonia costs PhilHealth at least P 2 billion annually – expert Pneumonia topped the list of 20 illnesses that the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. paid for in claims annually, costing at least 2 billion pesos in 2010, a leading infectious disease specialist... |
| PNoy spends 52nd birthday in quake-hit Negros birthday Wednesday visiting earthquake-damaged areas in Negros Oriental and assuring affected residents there that the government is doing all it can to assist... |
| Prosecution: More witnesses to prove Corona's hand in PAL-FASAP case The House prosecution on Wednesday vowed to present more witnesses to paint "the bigger picture" on Chief Justice Renato Corona's supposed hand in the recall order on the 13-year-old... |
| BFP to bring truckloads of potable water to quake-hit areas in Visayas The Bureau of Fire Protection will bring at least 10 truckloads of potable water to areas in the Visayas devastated by a magnitude-6.9 quake last Monday. Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo issued the... |
| Jimeno: No conflict between defense membership, 2010 stand on midnight appointees A defense lawyer of Chief Justice Renato Corona on Wednesday said she sees no "conflict of interest" in her participation in the impeachment trial and her signing in a 2010 statement of the... |
| Dacer lawyer enters appearance as private prosecutor in Corona trial A lawyer who formerly served as counsel in a case involving Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday entered his appearance as private prosecutor in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Corona. Demetrio... |
| Senate allows bank exec to testify despite Corona’s petition before SC The Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, on Wednesday allowed an official from Philippine Savings Bank (PS Bank), where Chief Justice Renato Corona supposedly has an account, to be called to the... |
| 308 of 610 pass Physical Therapists Licensure Exam — PRC A total of 308 out 610 examinees passed the Physical Therapists Licensure Exam while 27 out of 72 examinees passed the Occupational Therapists Licensure Examination given earlier this month, the... |
| Philippines rolls out tourism drive despite kidnappings The Philippines rolled out an advertising campaign on Wednesday to attract millions more tourists, confident that kidnappings in its rebellion-torn south would have little... |
| Filipino businessmen aren't 'having fun' Results of an international research released the other day said more Filipino business leaders were stressed out compared to their foreign peers toward the end of 2011 in the face of, among other... |
| Philippines revises down quake toll State media had cited the Philippine Army as saying the death toll was 48 But Army later reduced the total to 22 after learning that not all the dead had been confirmed The government disaster... |
| Philippine quake survivor searchers losing hope Philippine rescue officials say they are losing hope of finding survivors among 71 people still buried in landslides set off by a powerful earthquake. So far, 26 bodies have been recovered and... |
| Philippines earthquake kills dozens Manila -- Rescuers dug through debris and mud in the central Philippines Tuesday in search of nearly 100 missing people a day after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake triggered landslides, collapsed houses... |
| Philippines Earthquake Disaster in Pictures An earthquake of 6.7 magnitude hit the central Philippines on Monday, killing more than 30 people and leaving dozens still missing. In addition, several residences as well as roads and bridges... |
| Traditional Procession in Philippines Draws Millions Terrorist Alert Fails to Deter FaithfulROME, JAN. 12, 2012 (Zenit.org).- A traditional procession in the Philippines drew millions again this year, though there were alerts before the event of... |
| Philippine quake survivors beg for search help Philippine: Survivors of a deadly quake in the Philippines begged rescuers Tuesday to keep searching for dozens of people buried in landslides, but officials said hopes of finding them alive were... |
| 'Little hope' for Philippine quake missing Thousands of soldiers in the quake-hit Philippines scoured villages buried under landslides, but authorities said hopes of finding dozens of missing people alive were... |
| Scant hope for Philippine quake missing Thousands of soldiers in the quake-hit Philippines on Tuesday scoured villages buried under landslides, but authorities said hopes of finding dozens of missing people alive were... |
| Senate junks defense plea to defer action on Corona bank records The Senate, sitting as the impeachment court, on Wednesday junked the defense camp’s motion to defer action on Chief Justice Renato Corona’s bank accounts while a petition against the... |
| Defense lawyers: No constitutional crisis despite petition for SC to stop impeach trial Lawyers of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona on Wednesday allays fears the petition for the Supreme Court to stop impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Renato Corona would result in a... |
| SC asked to stop impeachment court from issuing subpoenas on Corona's bank records Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) filed [a petition seeking for] a temporary restraining order with the Supreme Court early on Wednesday to clarify provisions under Republic Act 6426 or the Foreign... |
| Enrile tells prosecutors, defense to be cautious in addressing senator-judges Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Wednesday warned both the prosecution and defense camps against addressing the senator-judges in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. Enrile,... |
| SC's Carpio, Sereno reject motion for them to inhibit in Corona cases Associate Justices Antonio Carpio and Maria Lourdes Sereno of the Supreme Court turned down a motion for them to inhibit in cases pending at the tribunal that seek to stop the Senate from going... |
| Corona camp asks SC to stop impeachment trial The camp of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to stop the ongoing impeachment trial as it accused the Senate, sitting as the impeachment court, of grave abuse... |
| Hope fades for Philippine quake victims Two days after a 6.7 magnitude quake flattened homes, destroyed bridges and triggered deadly landslides in the central island of Negros, rescuers had yet to find anyone alive among at least 92 people... |
| From the archive, 8 February 1985: Marcos regime arrests outspoken Filipino film director Lino Brocka , the Filipino film director, on charges of suspected sedition. Brocka has been a thorn in the flesh of the regime for many years as a film-maker often at odds with the censor, and as an... |
