Noynoy Aquino For President

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - They kept the books, had the training and fixed the computers. They were the educated few of Haiti, an up-and-coming generation of nurses, technicians, office managers and college students. Now they're gone just when their ...

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2010 file photo released by the Philippine Mission to the United Nations, police officers from the Philippines search for colleagues who may be trapped in the rubble of the United Nations Police Headquarters in Port-au-Prince ...

DAVAO CITY, Philippines: Philippine soldiers captured 13 communist insurgents in continuing operations in Compostela Valley province in Mindanao, officials said Wednesday. Officials said among those captured were several New People’s Army leader ...

Gen Bangit's appointment comes at a crucial time as the Philippines is due to hold a general election on May 10 and the top general is expected to help ensure the smooth turnover of authority by the time Arroyo's six-year-term officially ends on June ...

MANILA, Philippines—The “Morong 43” will remain in military detention on the strength of a martial law doctrine, the Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday. Defense lawyers called it an antiquated doctrine. In dismissing the petition for a writ of ...

MANILA, Philippines—An international electoral watchdog is sending a team to observe if the May 10 automated elections will work in other parts of Asia. On the other hand, a negative result could erode confidence in the country’s election ...

Manila, Philippines (AHN) - Police and armed forces have confiscated more than 1,000 firearms from people violating the gun ban in the Philippines, which holds its first fully automated elections in May. More than 200 explosive devices, 280 bladed ...

ANOTHER VICTIM OF HIRED killers is Lovel Llavel, 39, a businessman, who was gunned down by two men riding in tandem on a motorcycle. Llavel is the nth victim of guns-for-hire riding on motorcycles in Metro Manila. A small motorcycle is often used by ...

MANILA, Philippines—The possibility amid recent power outages of the first national computerized elections failing to produce a president, whether real or imagined, is sending chills to the financial community. In an economic briefing Wednesday ...

MANILA, Philippines ... clean, orderly and peaceful elections and a smooth transition of power as the ultimate accomplishment in his entire career as a military officer. He would be redeemed from the ‘Hello Garci’ [election fraud] issue and ...