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    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on December 31st, 2007 and filed under Uncategorized | No Comments »
    The Philippine military said Monday it has weakened Al Qaeda-linked Muslim militants in the country's troubled south in intensified offensives against them in 2007.

    Philippine rebel group shrinks under military offensive

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on December 31st, 2007 and filed under Uncategorized | No Comments »
    The Philippine military authority on Monday said that the scale and influence of violent rebel group Abu Sayyaf in the south has dwindled in 2007 due to strengthened military operations to eradicate t...

    Philippine opposition goes after cabinet minister

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on December 31st, 2007 and filed under Uncategorized | No Comments »
    An intelligence report obtained by the Philippine authority shows that opposition forces were planning to woo a prominent Cabinet minister to stop supporting Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arro...

    4 trapped in Philippine firecracker plants blast

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on December 31st, 2007 and filed under Uncategorized | No Comments »
    At least four people were trapped in a string of blasts triggered by fires that claimed firecracker factories in a Philippine town Monday morning, local media reported. The local television network AB...

    DoH chief notes 34% drop in firecracker injuries

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on December 31st, 2007 and filed under Uncategorized | No Comments »
    Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Monday said the reported that the number of injuries caused by firecrackers dropped by 34 percent as of morning of December 31, 2007, compared with last year&#3...

    Impostor arrested, didn’t recognize NBI chief

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on December 31st, 2007 and filed under Uncategorized | No Comments »
    An impostor presented himself as an agent of the National Bureau of Investigation to no less than the chief of the agency he has been misrepresenting. Emilar Santos of Lot 6 Block 16, Phase 2, Mary...

    Filipino doctors extend virtual hands to barrios

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on December 31st, 2007 and filed under Uncategorized | No Comments »
    MANILA, Philippines -- Filipino doctors have been extending their virtual healing hands to patients based in remote areas in the country. Initiated two months ago, the University of the Philippines Na...

    Leftwing group asks Congress to probe US role in Mindanao

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on December 31st, 2007 and filed under Uncategorized | No Comments »
    MANILA, Philippines -- Both Houses of Congress should investigate news reports that American troops have forced the staff of the Panamao district hospital in Sulu to stop operations at night, a leftwi...

    Abu Sayyaf strength continues to decline — military

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on December 31st, 2007 and filed under Uncategorized | No Comments »
    MANILA, Philippines -- Intensified military operations in the south have caused the number of the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf to dwindle further in 2007, according to the year-end report of the Armed F...

    Philippine military says al-Qaeda-linked militants weakened in 2007

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on December 31st, 2007 and filed under Uncategorized | No Comments »
    Manila - The Philippine military said Monday it has cut the strength of al-Qaeda-linked Muslim militants in the country's troubled south due to intensified offensives against them in 2007. According t...