RP fencers finally snatch medal in Asian tilt (GMA News)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:43:35 GMT
The Philippines finally broke its medal drought after the cadet girls’ foil team nabbed the bronze in the 2010 Asian Cadet and Junior Fencing Championships at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City.
ABS-CBN News Online Beta (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:52:46 GMT
MANILA, Philippines – A non-government organization has launched an information drive to educate voters on the new automated system to be used in the May elections in the Philippines.
Investment flow shows strong confidence in country, says Bangko Sentral officials (Sun Star)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:48:06 GMT
WHILE many countries were severely hit by the global crisis, the Philippines’ net basis on Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) has remained positive, an official of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP read more
Philippines election: Doubts arise over electronic voting machines (The Christian Science Monitor)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:11:16 GMT
New computerized electronic voting machines are meant to prevent fraud in Philippines election in May. But in tests, the voting machines rejected ballots and failed to connect to the cell phone networks to transmit results.
Philippines election: Doubts arise over electronic voting machines (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:54:05 GMT
Concerns are rising that the use of electronic voting machines in the May Philippines election, meant to prevent vote-rigging, could fail due to technical problems and end up threatening rather than reinforcing the credibility of the ballot.
Suspected militants killed in Philippines (MalaysiaNews.net)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:21:03 GMT
The raid comes three weeks after marines killed Abu Sayyaf leader Albader Parad and five of his men during an assault in Maimbung. Parad led a number of high-profile kidnappings in Sulu, PNA reported.
Suspected militants killed in Philippines (CNN)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:01:19 GMT
Marines killed seven suspected Abu Sayyaf members during a pre-dawn raid in the southern Philippines, state-run media reported.
At least 11 soldiers killed by rebels in ambush in Philippines (People's Daily)
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:23:18 GMT
At least 11 soldiers were killed while seven others were injured in a three-hour clash between government troops and leftist rebels in a remote village in central Philippines, a military official said on Saturday. Lt. Col. Noel Detoyato, spokesman of the Army's 2nd Infantry Division, said a platoon from the 23rd Division Reconnaissance Company were on a patrol at Panaytayan village at the ...
Judge orders convicted spy extradited to Philippines for murder trial (The Star-Ledger)
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:32:12 GMT
AP PhotoThis is an undated picture of former Filipino police official Michael Ray Aquino. NEWARK -- A federal judge in Newark has ordered the extradition of a convicted spy and former Philippines police official accused of murder in his homeland....
Engagement pays off in Philippines terror war (The Washington Times)
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:05:57 GMT
On Feb. 21, under cover of darkness, a 30-man Philippines marine special operations platoon crawled into a jungle encampment of Abu Sayyaf terrorists. After an ensuing hourlong firefight, six Abu Sayyaf gunmen, including the group's brashest young leader Albader Parad lay dead. One marine was killed and three others wounded. During the following two weeks, on the orders of Philippine Western ...
