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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.

Stories of priests having sexual affairs and siring children are no longer new in the Philippines.

Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia Jr. welcomes United States Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Y. Yun to the Independence Day Reception of the Philippine Embassy at the Hay Adams Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory Domingo delivers his remarks during the Independence Day Reception of the Philippine Embassy at the ... (more)

Amnesty International has urged the incoming 16th Philippine Congress to close loopholes in the antitorture law and two other laws designed to protect human rights.

Senator Franklin M. Drilon leads the flag raising ceremony at the Emilio Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit, Cavite during the 115th Philippine Independence Day celebration on Wednesday .

IT may not have featured the traditional appearance from the president or a military parade, but Warrnambool's Saturday night celebration of Philippines Independence Day was still a success.

You'd think after the disaster of Mariah and Nikki in American Idol , Apl.de.ap, Lea Salonga, Bamboo Manalac and Sarah Geronimo would train their considerable charms into drawing out a very subdued audience.

The diminutive doctor who specializes in rehabilitation and sports medicine and a traditional Chinese medicine acupuncturist at the Luzon Medical Center, is a competitive sportswoman who competes in triathlon events.

The Department of Transportation and Communications has pushed back the bidding for the Light Rail Transit Line 1 extension, operation and maintenance to a later date to give bidders more time to prepare their proposals.