Benigno Aquino III

Taiwan says Filipino apology in fisherman's death not enough

2013-05-16 09:16:00

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippines' coast guard has spiraled into a series of sanctions and sparked a rare anger-fest threatening the normally solid Pacific Rim alliance. � The dispute has not eased despite...

Press Freedom Day: Where reporters and their work are threatened

2013-05-03 05:20:00

Friday marks World Press Freedom Day, first declared by the United Nations two decades ago as a day to nurture the freedom of journalists -- or to remind the world of where it falls short. Rights groups pointed to several spots on the globe where...

The Week Ahead: Baiting Iran, briefing Brussels, a call to Brunei

2013-04-22 01:00:00

Azerbaijan taunting Iran with Azerbaijani confab, Israel visit Through Tuesday, April 23 — Azerbaijan has sent its foreign minister to Israel this week for the first time since the former Soviet republic re-embraced its Islamic heritage 22 years...

U.N. and Syrian rebels reportedly in talks to release troops

2013-03-07 17:24:00

BEIRUT -- Negotiations were underway Thursday between the United Nations and rebel forces in an effort to secure the release of 21 U.N. peacekeepers being held in southern Syria near the Golan Heights, a Syrian opposition group said. The Britain-based...

Malaysian forces pound Filipino gunmen on Borneo

2013-03-05 09:50:00

NEW DELHI, India – Malaysian fighter jets and ground forces attacked an estimated 200 Filipino gunmen who are claiming a remote part of the island of Borneo after 27 died in earlier, unsuccessful efforts to dislodge them. The Filipinos arrived...

Fourteen dead in shootout between Filipino clan, Malaysian forces

2013-03-01 10:51:00

Fourteen people reportedly were killed Friday in a shootout between Malaysian commandos and a Filipino clan that has holed up in a Malaysian coastal village for weeks, claiming the land belongs to them. The lengthy standoff turned bloody after members...

Philippines to pay more than $200 million to Marcos-era victims

2013-02-25 15:22:00

The Philippines is pulling more than $200 million from the Swiss bank accounts of ousted strongman Ferdinand Marcos to compensate people tortured, raped and detained while he was in power, under a new law signed Monday. Victims of abuse during the...

Family planning and the Philippines

2012-12-19 00:00:00

For too long in the Philippine Congress, the priorities of the Roman Catholic Church took precedence over what most Filipinos wanted — and needed. Finally, after 14 years of debate and delay, lawmakers passed a bill that will provide free or...

Philippines typhoon death toll pushes past 500 as storm regains force

2012-12-07 11:08:00

While rescuers counted up hundreds more dead from a typhoon that battered the southern Philippines, forecasters warned that the storm was regaining strength as it moved northward near the coast of Luzon island. More than 500 people are reported dead and...

Girl killed, hundreds hurt in Philippines New Year's Eve revelry

2013-01-02 11:00:00

The bullet hit 7-year-old Stephanie Nicole Ella as she gazed up at the fireworks in a Manila suburb, abruptly turning a New Year's Eve celebration tragic and ultimately ending her life. The little girl died Wednesday afternoon in a Quezon City hospital,...

Philippines president signs law easing access to contraceptives

2012-12-29 13:18:00

MANILA — Philippines President Benigno Aquino III has signed legislation that will provide modern contraceptives to the nation’s poorest people and mandate sex education in public schools, a spokeswoman announced Saturday. Leaders of the...

Former Philippines president arraigned in plunder case

2012-10-29 08:04:07

Taiwanese fishermen hold a poster of Filipino President Benigno Aquino III with the label "barbarian pirate" during a protest against the shooting death of a fellow fisherman last week by the Filipino coast guard.

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Philippines President Benigno Aquino III signs a bill Monday during ceremonies marking the 27th anniversary of its uprising against Ferdinand Marcos.

2013-02-25 00:00:00

A stray dog approaches the carcass of a water buffalo amid debris left behind by the flooding near Iligan City.

2011-12-20 00:00:00