Tag: Philippine
Pacquiao to sell mansion after rich neighbours complain
World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao said Thursday he would sell his mansion in one of the Philippine capital’s swankiest areas…
Pacquiao fails to shine in pro basketball debut
World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao launched his pro basketball career in the Philippines on Sunday in a scoreless debut spent…
Two Swiss nationals shot dead in Philippiness
Two Swiss nationals have been shot dead in a southern Philippine resort town, police said Monday. The victims, 67-year-old Robert…
Philippine ex-general arrested over missing women
A retired Philippine general implicated in multiple political assassinations was arrested in a rundown house in the nation’s capital on…
40 dead, millions without power in Philippine typhoon
Millions of people in the Philippines endured a second sweltering day without power on Thursday after a ferocious typhoon paralysed…
Thousands flee in Philippines as typhoon strengthens
Thousands of people fled their homes and ships sheltered from heavy seas in the Philippines on Tuesday as the first…
Saudi MERS: Philippines urges its Muslims to abort Hajj
The Philippines urged its large Muslim minority on Thursday to reconsider plans to join pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia this year…
Estrada’s son arrested in graft scandal
Philippine police detained Monday the senator son of former president Joseph Estrada, the second high-profile official arrested within days over…
Philippine woman first to be charged cybercrime
A woman has been indicted for computer fraud in the first such case under the Philippines’ controversial cybercrime law, justice…
Philippine ‘most wanted’ militant arrested
An Islamic militant listed by the United States among the “most wanted” terrorists in the world was arrested in the…
58 held in Philippines over global ‘sextortion’ ring
Fifty-eight people have been arrested in the Philippines for their involvement in a giant, global Internet “sextortion” network, local police…
Energy Minister to resign in Philippine over power supply
In some countries, ministers quit over failure to do public duty; in Nigeria they stay put in office, even if…
26 die, 215 missing in Philippine ferry disaster
CEBU (AFP) – Philippine rescuers searched Saturday for more than 200 people missing after a crowded ferry collided with a…
Ex Filipino leader arrested in hospital
MANILA(AFP) – A “distraught” ex-Philippine president Gloria Arroyo was arrested at hospital on Thursday after being charged over a third…