Last Updated: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 09:21
It was also lower than the 6.6-percent median forecast of a Bloomberg survey and well off Manila`s full-year forecast of seven to eight percent.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 17:06
Almost 200 inmates of a Philippine jail damaged by Super Typhoon Haiyan bolted the prison on Thursday, the second mass jailbreak since the storm, the jail warden said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 12:50
The Philippine military said on Tuesday it had killed 17 militants opposed to a peace deal between the government and the country`s main Muslim rebel group, as fighting raged for a second day.
Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 14:16
The Philippine military attacked a Muslim renegade faction today, two days after the country`s main Muslim rebel group successfully ended negotiations to end a decades-long insurgency that has killed tens of thousands.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 14:15
The Philippines Saturday said a Chinese rule requiring foreign fishing vessels to secure permission to enter much of the South China Sea was part of a long-term scheme to claim the entire body of water.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 14:47
Twenty-two people have been killed and nearly 200,000 others evacuated as floods and landslides hit a southern Philippine region still recovering from a deadly 2012 typhoon, the government said on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 09:20
Philippine authorities said more than 260 people had been injured by fireworks or stray bullets in the days leading up to New Year`s Eve.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 14:32
Philippine survivors of deadly typhoon Haiyan defiantly prepared to celebrate Christmas in their ruined communities Tuesday where hogs were being roasted, festive trees adorned streets and churches were filled to overflowing.
Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 16:50
olice in the Philippine capital have banned the wearing of caps in shopping malls to stop criminals concealing their identity from security cameras.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 16:06
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the international community today to ramp up aid for the Philippines` typhoon reconstruction, saying "we must not allow this to be another forgotten crisis."
Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 21:09
A Taiwanese tourist whose husband was killed by gunmen in a kidnapping at a Malaysian island resort returned to Taiwan on Saturday after she was rescued in the southern Philippines.
Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 10:09
Twenty-two people were killed when a commuter bus plunged from an elevated highway onto a van in Philippine capital Manila on Monday, police said, warning the death toll could rise.
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