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Women protesters shouts slogans as they picket the U.S. Embassy in Manila Friday Feb.

A BIG TIME illegal drug trader was sentenced to life imprisonment Thursday, less than three months after he was apprehended outside a mall in Cagayan de Oro.

The Impeachment hearings these past couple of days revolved around Chief Justice Renato Corona’s bank accounts and whether the Senate Impeachment Court could even look at them. One of the banks subpoenaed for documents, PS Bank even requested and was subsequently granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) by the Supreme Court stopping the impeachment court from ordering the bank to turn over Corona’s foreign currency denominated bank documents ...

A powerful earthquake centered beneath the southwestern Philippines left at least 43 people dead as it rocked seven of the country's provinces.

Ambassador Guy Ledoux of the European Union urged peace negotiators of government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to "intensify their negotiations to reach a settlement acceptable to both at the earliest possible time." The call was made by Ledoux in a speech delivered during the awarding ceremony of a painting competition, "Let's Paint for ... (more)

To be abducted in the Philippines By Joel D Adriano MANILA - Official efforts to promote the Philippines as a foreign investment and tourism destination have suffered from a series of foreign kidnappings, including two European birdwatchers who went missing on February 1 from the restive southern region of Mindanao.

A top Asian church official told a Vatican-backed conference on fighting priestly sex abuse Thursday that a culture of silence prevalent on the continent has kept many victims from coming forward, as concerns rise that Asia may be the next ground zero in the abuse scandal.

Feb. 7, 2012- Marie Collins, right who was allegedly assaulted as a 13-year-old by a hospital chaplain in her native Ireland, is flanked by British psychiatry professor Sheila Hollins, as they arrive at a Vatican-backed symposium on clerical sex abuse, in Rome.

The Virginia-class attack submarine USS Texas moors alongside the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land in Subic Bay November 10, 2011.

The Philippines is once again engrossed in an unfolding political drama. The country's chief justice, Renato Corona, is facing an unprecedented impeachment trial at the Senate for alleged corruption and partiality to the highly-unpopular former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, whose nine-year tenure is seen by many to have been marked by alleged ... (more)

PALAWAN hideaway, Daluyon Beach and Mountain Resort in Puerto Princesa, was recognized as one of the recipients of the 2012-2014 Asean Green Hotel award in Manado, Sulawesi,A Indonesia during the 2012 Asean Tourism Forum held Jan.

The PokerStars .net Asia Pacific Poker Tour is pleased to announce Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino in Cebu, Philippines as the host for APPT Cebu -- the fifth leg that concludes Season 5 of the biggest and richest poker tour in the Asia-Pacific region.

A vehicle loaded with a dead body, a victim of the devastating earthquake, manueovers through a damaged road, part of a national highway in the village of Tuway, Guihulngan town, Negros Oriental, in central Philippines on February 7, 2012, a day after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the central Philippines.

Officials in the Philippines say there is little hope of finding dozens of people still buried in landslides triggered by a powerful earthquake on the heavily populated islands of Negros and Cebu.

Testimony Kurt M. Campbell Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade Washington, DC February 7, 2012 Mr.

THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology 7 said it did not make a mistake in issuing a tsunami alert level 2, after the 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred in Negros and Cebu at 11:49 a.m. last Monday.

At least 48 people have been killed and scores are missing in the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the heavily populated island provinces of Negros and Cebu in the central Philippines Monday.

Residents rush to higher grounds following tsunami rumors due to a magnitude 6.9 earthquake which hit the island province of Cebu and other central Philippine provinces Monday, Feb.

Philippine soldiers on motorcycles negotiated a road that was destroyed by an earthquake in La Libertad in the central Philippines as rescuers hunted for survivors on Tuesday.

Bartolome Bautista, Deputy Director of Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology points to the epicenter of the magnitude 6.9 earthquake which hit central Philippines during a news conference at suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines.