Philippines News

THE New People's Army -Southern Mindanao confirmed it has abducted five soldiers belonging to the Army's 60th Infantry Battalion under the 10th Infantry Division and declared them as prisoners of war .

The Department of Public Works and Highways on Wednesday explained why Malacaang's master plan to solve massive and perennial flooding in Metro Manila will take about 22 years to complete.

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines has deployed a fresh batch of marines and supplies to a shoal in the disputed South China Sea, where a Chinese warship and surveillance vessels appeared last month and triggered a new standoff in the strategic waters, the Philippine defence secretary said Wednesday.

Supergeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, partners with RASA Surveying to cooperatively promote SuperGIS software and solutions in the Philippines, helping organizations make crucial and correct decisions using GIS technologies to achieve their operational goals.

Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario talks about three big issues involving the Philippines, including the presence of the Philippine contingent to the UN peacekeeping forces at the Golan Heights during a news conference Wednesday June 19, 2013 in Manila, Philippines.

CapitaLand's wholly-owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott Limited, has increased its presence in the Philippines by securing a contract to manage a serviced residence in Alabang, a major business district in Metro Manila, Philippines.

In Tuesday's Washington Post , Tom Hundley of the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting gave Post readers a textbook example in biased reporting freighted with loaded language.

MANILA, Philippines -- An emotional Daiana Menezes bared her hurt over her husband's behavior in their joint interview aired last Sunday, saying the outgoing congressman made her look "stupid."

Security lapses have been the weakest link in the swift heist at the Cagayan Electric Power and Light Co.

"Eat a lot while you still can," our guide said, shrugging casually. "We were going to buy more fish for tomorrow in that last village, but they didn't have any.

Leepi, a minimal tropical storm as of Tuesday, was expected to pose a flooding rain threat to the Philippines and Japan while tracking northward this week.

MANILA, Philippines -- More than a year since she staged her successful "Annebisyosa" concert at the Araneta Coliseum, actress Anne Curtis continues to tour the show, which has is also called "No Other Concert."

A local army spokesman in southern Davao city, Capt. Raul Villegas, says New People's Army guerrillas dressed in military uniforms stopped the soldiers aboard two motorcycles at a road block late Monday.

The Philippine military says five army soldiers have been abducted by communist rebels on the outskirts of a southern city.

The Philippine Coast Guard has detained the Vietnamese crew of a Panama-registered vessel that ran aground a marine sanctuary in the central Philippines last week, the latest in a number of foreign ships damaging the country's marine parks.

COTABATO, Philippines, June 18 -- Flash floods brought about by tropical depression displaced nearly 98,000 people in Mindanao, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Tuesday.

Canada's junior mining companies are turning to alternative sources of funding such as private investments, strategic mergers and the sale of non-core assets in the face of headwinds that range from slowing global growth to risk-averse investors.

Some of the Philippines' biggest conglomerates have unveiled plans to push into power generation over the next five years, with investments seen reaching $9 billion.

Heavy rain and floods caused nightmare traffic jams across Metro Manila Monday night, with its main thoroughfare EDSA looking like a parking lot for several hours.

MANILA, Philippines Brillante Mendoza's "Thy Womb" continues to reap awards more than a year after it made its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival.