Philippines

Argentina stay top in new FIFA rankings

PARIS: Argentina remain top as the Philippines reached new heights in the latest FIFA world… Read More

Transgender politician poised for historic win in Catholic Philippines

MANILA: Geraldine Roman blows kisses to curious crowds and serenades them with a love song… Read More

Philippines can recover big chunk of stolen Bangladesh millions: MP

MANILA: Almost half of the $81 million that hackers stole from Bangladesh and funnelled into… Read More

Philippines’ Aquino tells voters to end surge of dictator’s son

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino urged voters Thursday to stamp out the stunning political resurgence… Read More

Endangered monkey-eating eagle shot and wounded in Philippines

MANILA: An endangered monkey-eating eagle which was released into the wild under a conservation programme… Read More

Philippine Archbishop says Madonna concert is devil’s work

MANILA: Philippine Catholic bishops called Wednesday on the faithful to boycott pop diva Madonna's sexually… Read More

Heroine’s welcome home for Philippines’ Miss Universe

MANILA: Confetti rained down as tens of thousands of shrieking fans paralysed traffic in the… Read More

Endangered monkey-eating eagle hatched in Philippines

MANILA: A monkey-eating eagle has been hatched in captivity in the Philippines, boosting the critically-endangered… Read More

Radio reporter shot dead in latest Philippines media murder

MANILA: A Philippine radio reporter has been shot dead, police and colleagues said Monday, in… Read More

Two Chinese diplomats shot dead in Philippines: police

MANILA: Two Chinese diplomats were killed and a third was injured in a gun attack… Read More

Residents on rooftops as Koppu pummels Philippines

SANTA ROSA: Residents of flooded farming villages in the Philippines were trapped on their rooftops… Read More

Philippines warns Typhoon Koppu could linger for days

MANILA: Philippine authorities on Saturday warned that a powerful typhoon will likely linger over the… Read More

Space ambassador, Lucifer among Philippines’ presidential hopefuls

MANILA: An "intergalactic space ambassador", a man who believes he is Lucifer and a retired… Read More

Bodies of Gilgit crash victims arrive in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: The bodies of the two foreign ambassadors and the wives of Malaysian and Indonesian… Read More

Give Muslims self-rule or 'count body bags': Philippines' Aquino

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino called on lawmakers Friday to pass a bill endorsing a… Read More

Philippines mourns police killed in anti-terror bloodbath

MANILA: A long, slow procession of coffins draped in the Philippine flag poured out of… Read More

Tropical storm leaves 54 dead as it exits Philippines

MANILA: Tropical storm Jiangmi exited the Philippines Thursday, leaving at least 54 dead and 13… Read More

Philippines floods, landslides kill 53

MANILA: The death toll from flooding and landslides in the Philippines wrought by tropical storm… Read More

China to build lighthouses on five isles in defiance of U.S. call

BEIJING: China plans to build lighthouses on five islands in the South China Sea, state… Read More

Typhoon kills at least 38 in the Philippines, heads for China

MANILA: The Philippines set to work clearing debris, reconnecting power and rebuilding flattened houses on… Read More