Manila, Philippines News

Map locates Maguindanao province in the Philippines , where gunmen hijacked a convoy and killed at least 21 people MANILA, Philippines - MANILA, Philippines a ' Gunmen ambushed a caravan of political supporters and journalists on their way to file election papers Monday, killing at least 21 people in a massacre considered shocking even for a region ...

MANILA, Philippines – Dozens of gunmen hijacked a convoy carrying journalists, and family and supporters of a candidate for provincial governor, killing at least 21 of the travelers Monday in the southern Philippines' worst political violence in years.

The region's military chief Major General Alfredo Cayton said on November 23, 2009 that the Philippine military was scouring other areas of Maguindanao province for members of a group of local politicians and journalists that were abducted in the area.

Francis Chua, chairman of the 10th World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention organizing committee, delivers a report at the closing ceremony of the 10th WCEC in Manila, capital of the Philippines, on Nov.

More than 3,000 Chinese businessmen from around the globe have gathered for the 10th World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention in Manila.

Manny Pacquiao proved he can be a box office hit. Now it's up to Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

The U.N. is celebrating the success of its treaty guaranteeing children's rights, while focusing on more than a billion youngsters that need more help.

Little did he know that after several musical productions that he'd end up on the fast track and make a splash co-starring in Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno , which is coming to DVD this week.

A white-bellied sea eagle swims in a pond at a wildlife rescue center in Manila, Philippines.

Filipinos erupted into deafening cheers in bars, gymnasiums and army camps Sunday as Manny Pacquiao - their boxing hero - relentlessly pounded Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto to win his seventh title in as many weight classes.

Inquirer.net , News Report, Jerry E. Esplanada and DJ Yap, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Posted: Nov 12, 2009 MANILA, Philippines -- Bearing a $5-million Christmas gift, the lady in red learned to say, 'Mabuhay [meaning Long Live...].' U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday visited a flood-devastated school in Marikina City and pledged the ...

Next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen is not likely to produce a legally binding treaty to cut the greenhouse gas emissions that are widely blamed for global warming, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday.Speaking to a town hall meeting of students at a university in the Philippine capital, Clinton said the Obama ...

MANILA, Philippines - MANILA, Philippines a ' U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday vowed support for the Philippine fight against al-Qaida -linked militants and highlighted the U.S. military's role in helping the country recover from deadly typhoons.

Southern Baptists from Kentucky serve in Pastor Derick Jacinto's home located in Barangay Canio of Metro Manila, after two weeks waiting for help, Jacinto and his wife and three young children were looking forward to being able to move back into their home.

A 79-year-old Irish Catholic priest abducted in the Philippines a month ago has been freed unharmed and neither country paid any of the kidnappers' $2 million ransom demand, Irish and Filipino authorities announced late Wednesday.

Scientists say the cone-shaped Mayon volcano in the central Philippines has shot an ash plume into the air and are advising nearby residents to be ready to move in case of eruption.

MANILA, Philippines - Gunmen in camouflage stormed a plywood factory and abducted three workers Tuesday, a day after suspected Muslim militants beheaded a kidnapped schoolteacher on a nearby southern Philippine island, officials said.

MANILA, Philippines - Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants in the southern Philippines beheaded a schoolteacher after kidnapping him last month, officials said Monday.

What is the 21st century classroom like? How is the educational setting evolving with recent advances in technology? How are students and teachers alike adapting to the change? These, and other questions, were discussed at the just-concluded 1st Philippine Summit on Early Childhood Education sponsored by Wyeth Preschool Gold and Maximus Inventus in ...

MANILA, Philippines - President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, next month in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.