Tag: Philippines
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Inmates protest on prison roof over food, warden
About 100 inmates in an overcrowded jail climbed atop the roof of a prison building in the central Philippines and noisily protested with raised fists and ... -
Manila eyes US helicopters after scrapping Russian deal
Philippine officials are considering a U.S. offer to provide heavy-lift helicopters like its widely used Chinooks after Manila scrapped a deal to buy military choppers from ... -
No reported damage in Philippines from Chinese rocket debris
There was no reported damage in a western Philippine region where debris from a rocket that boosted part of China’s new space station reportedly fell, a ... -
Philippines scraps Russian chopper deal
The Philippine government has scrapped a deal to purchase 16 Russian military transport helicopters due to fears of possible U.S. sanctions, Philippine officials said. Former Defense ... -
NAT directive for Filipinos receives backlash, Consulate says order not a ‘political issue’
The Philippine Consulate General in Macau has called on Filipino nationals to heed the new mandate from the local government that requires all Filipinos to undergo ... -
China to work with new Philippine gov’t to upgrade infrastructure: spokesperson
China is ready to work with the new government of the Philippines to advance project construction and build more benchmark projects for infrastructure cooperation, a Foreign ... -
Marcos plays balancing act in meeting with China’s FM
New Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met with China’s top diplomat yesterday to take up long-simmering disputes in the South China Sea, as he waded into ... -
Marcos takes helm, silent on father’s abuses
Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the namesake son of an ousted dictator, praised his father’s legacy and glossed over its violent past as he was sworn in as ... -
Ressa says courts to decide Rappler closure order
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa said her Rappler news website was operating “business as usual” yesterday and would let Philippine courts decide on a government ... -
Int’l court prosecutor seeks to reactivate probe
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Friday he has asked judges for authorization to resume his investigation “as quickly as possible” into the ... -
Duterte’s daughter takes oath as vice president
Sara Duterte, the daughter of the outgoing populist president of the Philippines, took her oath yesterday as vice president following a landslide electoral victory she clinched ... -
Activists ask top court to void Marcos Jr’s presidential win
Human rights activists have asked the Philippine Supreme Court to block Congress from proclaiming Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the next president, alleging that he lied when ... -
Allies of Marcos Jr. set to dominate Congress
Allies of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the presumptive next president of the Philippines, appear set to dominate both chambers of Congress, further alarming activists after the late ... -
Elections 87% of voters opt for Marcos Jr.
87% of Filipinos in the Macau SAR have voted for the namesake son of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, securing a total of 8,699 votes. ... -
Marcos Jr. won presidency, unofficial count shows
The namesake son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos appeared to have been elected Philippine president by a landslide in an astonishing reversal of the 1986 ... -
Gunmen seize businessman in southern Philippines
Gunmen seized a businessman in front of his wife and son Wednesday in the southern Philippines and government forces were trying to track down the abductors ... -
Philippines | Toll of Filipino commandos killed in rebel clash rises to 43
At least 43 Philippine police commandos were killed in a fierce battle with Muslim guerrillas after launching an assault in which they may have killed one of southeast ... -
Philippines | Manila: China’s reclamation in disputed reefs now massive
China’s land reclamation in contested reefs in the South China Sea has become “massive,” and is continuing despite protests from other countries, a Philippine official ... -
PHILIPPINES | Record 6 million turn out for pope’s final day in Manila
A crowd estimated at a record 6 million people by officials poured into Manila’s rain-soaked streets and its biggest park yesterday as Pope Francis ended ... -
Philippines | Pope arrives in Manila on first papal visit in 20 years
Ecstatic crowds greeted Pope Francis as he arrived yesterday in the Philippines, Asia’s most populous Catholic nation, for the first papal visit in 20 years. ... -
AP Exclusive | Philippines : At least 25 wrong arrests mar anti-terror work
More than a decade ago, the military declared they had killed an Abu Sayyaf kidnapping suspect named Abdulmukim Idris. Yet a man authorities accuse of ... -
Philippines | At least 20 rebels killed in southern province: military
At least 20 members of a renegade Muslim rebel group were reportedly killed as government forces shelled and assaulted their training camp in southern Philippine province ... -
Philippines | AirAsia plane with 159 aboard overshoots runway
An AirAsia Zest plane carrying 159 people overshot the runway and got stuck in a muddy field yesterday at an international airport in the central ... -
World briefs
CHINESE manufacturing contracted in December for the first time in seven months in another sign the slowdown in the world’s No. 2 economy is quickening, according ... -
World briefs
CHINA A fire in a karaoke bar in northern China killed 11 people yesterday, local authorities said. The fire happened soon after midnight and a total ... -
COURTS | Filipino national sees permanent residency denied
A Filipino national, living in Macau since 2005, has seen his permanent residency denied for not spending enough time in the territory – one of the ... -
City of Dreams Manila opens doors on Sunday
City of Dreams Manila will open its doors to the public this Sunday, confirming previous media reports. The casino-resort will become the second to open in ... -
AirAsia Philippines one peso flights promotion includes Macau
AirAsia Philippines is offering promotional fares as low as a one peso (MOP0.17) base fare for some of its domestic and international flights. The promotional fares available for flights to and ... -
Philippines | Suspected bomb kills 10 on passenger bus
The death toll from a suspected bomb explosion on a bus in the southern Philippines rose to at least 10 with another 34 people wounded, officials said ... -
Sands China and Clean the World join forces to produce hygiene kits
Sands China and Clean the World have joined forces to produce 20,000 hygiene kits, which will be donated to local institutions as well as other charities ... -
Philippines | Storm exits, sparing huge losses
A storm that began as a frighteningly powerful typhoon started to blow away from the Philippines yesterday after leaving at least 21 people dead and forcing more than ... -
Gov’t slams Philippines over South China Sea case
China yesterday again rejected an attempt by the Philippines to challenge its vast territorial claims over the South China Sea through international arbitration, a week before a deadline for ... -
Philippines | No major damage as typhoon Hagupit hits; 3 dead
Typhoon Hagupit knocked out power, left at least three people dead and sent nearly 900,000 into shelters before it weakened yesterday, sparing the central Philippines the ... -
Philippines | Approaching storm brings back nightmare of Haiyan
Villagers fled coastal homes and sparked panic-buying in grocery stores and gas stations in the central Philippines yesterday as an approaching powerful storm brought back nightmares of last ... -
Xi outlines ‘big country diplomacy’ in Sino foreign policy
China must establish “big country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics,” President Xi Jinping said in a speech that laid out his goals for making the nation a ...
