The Philippines imposed a state of emergency on Tuesday on a remote southern island and troops prepared for a possible rescue of three Red Cross workers being held there by Islamic militants, a provin...

MANILA, Philippines - All the three Red Cross workers abducted by the Abu Sayyaf remain safe, hours after the expiration of the deadline set by the al Qaeda-linked bandits, Sulu Gov. Abdusakar Tan tol...

Manila - Seventeen people were killed when communist rebels attacked a military outpost in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, an army spokesman said. An undetermined number of guerrillas swooped dow...

Filipino soldiers Maoist-led guerrillas stormed an army base on the restive southern Philippines island of Mindanao on Tuesday, and at least 17 people were killed, the military said.

The Philippines has imposed a curfew and a state of emergency on a remote southern island where an Islamic militant group has threatened to kill one of three Red Cross workers being held hostage. Pro...

R isk consulting firm Eurasia has a tip to politicians thinking of running for office: Watch the rate of overseas Filipino workers’ (OFW) deployment. OFWs stuck in the country could make or br...

International law and constitutional law experts are set to ask the Supreme Court on Wednesday to nullify the three-week-old Archipelagic Baselines Law, barely a month before the May 13 deadline for t...

MANILA, Philippines - Even after the deadline it set for the military pullout in 14 villages in Sulu province had expired, the Abu Sayyaf had kept on communicating with Senator Richard Gordon through ...

MANILA, Philippines - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo remains uninclined to allow the pullout of government troops from Sulu where the Abu Sayyaf is believed to keep three International Committee of...

MANILA, Philippines - A recruitment agency in Manila lost half a million pesos worth of jewelry and office equipment to burglars who broke into its office Monday morning. Police reports said four m...