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Senators Benigno �Noynoy� Aquino III and Manuel �Mar� Roxas II filed their candidacies for president and vice president respectively at the Commission on Elections office in Manila Saturday. Aquino and Roxas, who will run under the Liberal Party, filed their...

Formula One will return to Montreal for at least the next five years, government officials announced Friday. Two men were sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday in connection with the beating death of a young man found dead...

Undeterred by the deadly attack that killed 57 in a campaign convoy, Ismael Mangudadatu filed to run for governor of Maguindanao province Friday, heavily guarded by police and soldiers. His candidacy poses an unprecedented challenge to the Ampatuan clan, which...

After 11 days of protest fast, the Mindore�os finally ended their hunger strike Friday when Environment Secretary Lito Atienza announced the temporary revocation of the controversial environmental compliance certificate (ECC) for large-scale mining issued to a Norwegian company that would...

Because of the clamor, she said she is going to give it deeper consideration," he said in an interview in Malacañang. Mrs. Arroyo has been rumored to be seriously preparing to run for Congress as her allies push for a...

Two Army commanders with direct responsibility for the province of Maguindanao where a brutal massacre left 64 people dead this week were relieved of their posts Friday...Alfredo Cayton, the 6th Infantry Division commander, and Col. Medardo Geslani, the 106th Brigade...

Maguindanao�Escorted by soldiers, policemen and supporters on a 50-vehicle convoy, Buluan, Maguindanao Mayor Esmael "Toto" Mangudadatu filed his certificate of candidacy under the administration coalition for the gubernatorial race before the provincial office of the Commission on Elections...