A Philippine court on Friday found 66 alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf guilty of kidnapping dozens of students, teachers and a Catholic priest in the south in 2000, in the largest single conviction involving the brutal Muslim militant group. Continue reading →
{FD} US returns 3 disputed bells taken from Philippines in 1901
The United States is to return three church bells seized by U.S. troops as war trophies from the Philippines more than a century ago in a move long demanded by Filipino leaders, including the current president, who is critical of Washington and has gra… Continue reading →
{FD} US returns 3 disputed bells taken in 1901 to Philippines
The United States is to return three church bells seized by U.S. troops as war trophies from the Philippines more than a century ago in a move long demanded by Filipino leaders, including the current president, who is critical of Washington and has gra… Continue reading →
{FD} US returns 3 war bells seized from Philippines a century ago
The United States is to return three church bells seized by U.S. troops as war trophies from the Philippines more than a century ago in a move long demanded by Filipino leaders, including the current president, who is critical of Washington and has gra… Continue reading →
{FD} Duterte seeks martial law extension in southern Philippines
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked Congress to extend martial law in the country’s south by another year amid continuing concerns over possible militant attacks, although democracy advocates fear it could worsen human rights conditions. Continue reading →
{FD} 3 Filipino policemen convicted of murder in brutal drug war
A Philippine court found three police officers guilty on Thursday of killing a student they alleged was a drug dealer, in the first known such conviction under the president’s deadly crackdown on drugs. Continue reading →
{FD} Key facts about APEC host Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea hosts leaders from Pacific Rim countries, including the United States, Russia and China, this weekend in a coming-out party for the jungle-clad nation that is regarded as one of the world’s last frontiers for trade and investment. Continue reading →
{FD} Imelda Marcos convicted of graft, court orders her arrest
A Philippine court found former first lady Imelda Marcos guilty of graft and ordered her arrest Friday in a rare conviction among many corruption cases that she’s likely to appeal to avoid jail and losing her seat in Congress. Continue reading →
{FD} Aussie nun who angered Duterte forced to leave Philippines
An Australian nun who angered the Philippine president by joining anti-government protests used her final hours in the country Saturday to call on Filipinos to unite and fight human rights abuses. Continue reading →
{FD} Duterte should disclose health status, spokesman says
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte should consider publicly disclosing the state of his health to stop speculation after revealing he underwent medical tests that may show if he has cancer, his spokesman said Friday. Continue reading →
{FD} Philippine military chief: Duterte critic requested amnesty
The Philippine military chief testified Tuesday that an opposition senator formally applied for amnesty for his involvement in past military mutinies based on an amnesty officer’s account, contradicting the reason given by the president for revoking th… Continue reading →
{FD} Critics say Duterte admitted illegal killings, aides say no
Rights activists said Friday that the Philippine president acknowledged in a speech that he permitted extrajudicial killings in his brutal drug war, but his aides argued it was a misunderstanding and stressed his repeated past denials. Continue reading →
{FD} Philippine president’s fiercest critic arrested, posts bail
A Philippine court ordered President Rodrigo Duterte’s fiercest critic in Congress arrested Tuesday after the president revoked the senator’s 2011 amnesty for a failed coup attempt and revived rebellion charges against him in an unprecedented legal mov… Continue reading →
{FD} New landslide kills at least 4, buries houses in Philippines
A massive landslide buried dozens of homes in two villages near a central Philippine mountain Thursday, killing at least four people and sending rescuers scrambling to find survivors after some sent cellphone text messages pleading for help, officials … Continue reading →
{FD} Militants free 3 Indonesian hostages in southern Philippines
Muslim militants have freed three Indonesian men they kidnapped at sea early last year off Malaysia then brought them to their jungle hideouts in the southern Philippines, officials said Sunday. Continue reading →
{FD} Monster typhoon barrels toward north Philippines, China
Typhoon Mangkhut retained its ferocious strength and slightly shifted toward more densely populated coastal provinces on Friday as it barreled closer to the northeastern Philippines, where a massive evacuation was underway. Continue reading →
{FD} Philippines starts massive evacuations as huge typhoon nears
Philippine authorities began evacuating thousands of people Thursday in the path of the most powerful typhoon this year, closing schools, readying bulldozers for landslides and placing rescuers and troops on full alert in the country’s north. Continue reading →
{FD} Philippines braces for most powerful typhoon this year
The most powerful typhoon to threaten the Philippines this year roared toward the country’s north on Wednesday, prompting officials to order precautionary evacuations and closures of schools and offices, and farmers to quickly harvest their crops to re… Continue reading →
{FD} Philippine lawyers alarmed by Duterte moves to jail senator
The largest group of lawyers in the Philippines asked the country’s courts Monday to resist “creeping incursions” on its independence and warned of judicial “chaos” after the president voided an amnesty granted to an opposition senator and ordered his … Continue reading →
{FD} Duterte: Defiant senator won’t be arrested without warrant
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has decided not to seek the arrest of an opposition senator, who has taken refuge in the Senate, without a court warrant after the defiant lawmaker asked the Supreme Court to declare Duterte’s order illegal. Continue reading →
