Enrile asks Arroyo to drop House bid
TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines — Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile has urged President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to abandon plans of running for a congressional seat as the vast powers she enjoys would gi…
Maguindanao roadside blast kills 2
ARMY troops patrol the national highway in Maguindanao after a bomb explodes, killing two men and wounding eight others at Barangay Kitango in Datu Saudi Ampatuan on Monday. RICHEL V. UMEL/INQUIRER MI…
Three dead, 15 hurt in Philippines blast
Residents along with soldiers look at the bomb blast site in front of a coffe shop in the town of Datu Saudi Ampatuan in Maguindanao on Mindanao island yesterday. The bombs ripped through a cafe, kill…
Ship stranded off Cebu
TAGBILARAN CITY — More than 200 passengers and crewmen of MV San Ramon de Bohol have been stranded at sea for five hours now after one of the ferry’s navigation wheels (timon) got stuck, one of the s…
Arroyo won’t suffer same fate as ousted Honduran leader
MANILA, Philippines – Opposition leaders should not liken President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya as the situations in Honduras and the Philippines are not the sam…
Japanese tourist dies while scuba diving in Philippines
MANILA — A 51-year-old Japanese tourist died while scuba diving in waters in the central Philippine island of Cebu, Philippine police said Saturday. According to the police, while scuba diving…
Blast in Philippine market kills 2, wounds 8+
MANILA, June 29 (AP) – (Kyodo) (EDS: UPDATING DEATH TOLL) A bomb blast ripped through a market on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Monday, killing two people and wounding eight other…
