Philippines Politics News

Old and obsolete equipment are hampering the government�s efforts to speedily clear and repair roads and bridges devastated by the recent tropical cyclones. To address this, Public Works and Highways Secretary Victor Domingo is appealing to Congress, which is now...

Former president Joseph Estrada showed that at the age of 72, he would still be fit for the presidency. He led a ceremonial run on the University of Makati�s new track oval on Sunday, before a cheering crowd of 1,000...

Three crewmembers of a tugboat were abducted in the high seas of Siocon Bay in Siocon town, Zamboanga del Norte on Saturday night. Commodore Rodolfo Isorena, Chief of the Philippine Coast Guard in Western Mindanao, said M/T Tugboat Marinero was...

“I have such a hard time figuring out who is what and what is who. And why is who a what or why is what a who.” Abbot and Costello would have loved House Speaker Prospero Nograles’ text message to...

Philippines�One more Mangyan hunger striker was rushed to the hospital Sunday morning after complaining of dizziness, chillness, and stomach pains, bringing to two the number of protesters who have been hospitalized, an anti-mining alliance said. Jose Cruzado was brought to...

To help ensure transparency in the election of party-list groups, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ordered these organizations to identify their nominees for Congress for the May 2010 elections. In a resolution dated November 10, the Comelec ordered party-list...

A six-year-old boy, playing on a vacant lot, was killed when a stray bullet hit him in the head Saturday evening in Manila. Mohammad Ryan Imam, of 16 Rawatan at the corner of Carlos Palanca, Barangay 648, Zone 62, in...

Since the Earth's temperature is cooling, the environmentalist agency's have been caught fudging data and the majority of the U.S. population doesn't give a fat crap about any of it, the United Nations is trying a new tactic to put...

Philippines�Except for being the "first black US ambassador to the Philippines named by the first black US president," there is no other significance in the appointment of Harry K. Thomas Jr. as Washington's new envoy to Manila, according to militant...