Manila, Philippines News

Manila, Philippines - Authorities say a 10-year-old girl drowned and nearly 20 000 residents fled their homes after a tropical depression dumped heavy rains on the northern Philippines, causing floods.

Lava cascades down the slopes of Mayon volcano in its continuing "mild eruption" as seen from Legazpi city in Albay province about 340 kilometers southeast of Manila, Philippines in this timed exposure shot on Aug.

Manila, Philippines, Jul 8, 2009 .- In a statement released Tuesday, the Bishops' Conference of the Philippines expressed its strong condemnation of the attack by Muslim extremists in Cotabato City outside the cathedral, which left 5 people dead and 34 injured.

MANILA, Philippines - The U.N. says it is suspending food distribution for hundreds of thousands of people displaced by violence in the southern Philippines following a string of deadly bombings blamed on Muslim rebels.

MANILA, Philippines - Suspected Muslim guerrillas detonated a bomb near a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines today, killing at least three people and wounding more than two dozen others.

MANILA, Philippines - An army general says suspected Muslim guerrillas have detonated a bomb near a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines killing at least 1 person and wounding several others.

Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim will lead today the 51st commemoration of the death anniversary of Honorio Lopez, also known as "the Hero of Manila" who played a key part in the Philippine Revolution 113 years ago.

Former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos, right, appreciates a picture given to her by former Indonesian First Lady Deewy Sukarno during her 80th Birthday party at an hotel in suburban Manila, Philippines on Thursday July 2, 2009.

Philippine ex-President Corazon Aquino 'very ill' OLIVER TEVES Associated Press Writer= MANILA, Philippines A A A' Cancer-stricken former Philippine President Corazon Aquino has been admitted to a hospital in serious condition, her spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Activists from environmental watchdog Greenpeace and Oxfam protest outside the Asian Development Bank during a climate change summit on June 16, in Manila, Philippines.

A member of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force who will be deployed to southern Basilan province, places a rosary on his uniform during send-off ceremonies in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday June 28, 2009.

Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants killed seven policemen in an ambush Sunday after their comrades shot to death two government soldiers in a separate attack in the southern Philippines, security officials said.

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine House of Representatives suspended operations Tuesday for five days after news that the country's first swine flu-related fatality worked at the legislature.

MANILA, Philippines - The majority of small and medium-sized enterprises that comprise the bulk of businesses in Asia intend to hold on to their workers as they believe the world economy will recover by 2011, a recent survey showed.

MANILA, Philippines -- A tropical storm blew across the central Philippines today, whipping up a tornado that ripped the roofs off houses and killed four fishermen, officials.

MANILA, Philippines:Philippine police say a man has confessed that he beat his 7-year-old son to death in anger because the boy was struggling with his English-language homework.

MANILA, Philippines a ' A Filipino woman has died from the deadly Influenza A virus in Manila, health officials said on Monday.

Police say a 6-year-old boy accidentally shot dead his father, a soldier home for Father's Day after fighting Muslim rebels in the south.

Suspected Muslim guerrillas hurled two grenades near a crowded town plaza where a beauty contest was being held in the southern Philippines, killing at least one person and wounding 32 others, security officials said Sunday.

Philippine former first lady Imelda Marcos talks about her life in front of a portrait of her husband, the late President Ferdinand Marcos, during an interview with reporters at her residence Saturday, June 20, 2009, in Manila's Makati City, Philippines.