Manila News

The convoy of some 20 sports utility vehicles, escorting Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., the prime suspect in the Maguindanao massacre, arrived at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) some 30 minutes from the Villamor Airbase at around 7:45...

Ben Dolorfino, chief of the Armed Forces� Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom), said Pablo Mercado III of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) was released 10:30 p.m...DAR Secretary Nasser Pangandaman and the crisis management committee headed by Lanao del Sur Governor...

Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III on Thursday held his first political rally in his home province, attended by only five of his nine senatorial candidates. Notably, the gathering dubbed as a "send-off" sortie for Aquino, was not attended by his...

Philippines�The Philippine government will receive a total of nine million doses of vaccines against the Influenza A (H1N1) virus from the World Health Organization (WHO) in the coming months. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and WHO Director General Margaret Chan...

A scion of a powerful pro-government clan has turned himself in and will face murder charges for allegedly leading the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan in the southern Philippines, the chief prosecutor said Thursday. President Gloria Macapagal...

Another 11 bodies have been found in the mass grave where dozens were killed in election related slaughter in the Philippines. The death toll now stands at 57, including 24 women, Reuters reports. The government has imposed emergency rule on...

The Pampanga Mayors� League (PML) has set the stage for the possible candidacy of President Macapagal-Arroyo as representative of the province�s second district...PML urged the President to �heed the clamor from her constituency to run as second district representative in�Pampanga.�...