Philippine troops killed a suspected leader of the militant Islamist separatist group Abu Sayyaf on the island of Basilan, officials said Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES: More than 1,500 employees of Los Angeles city, forming part of a city union, walked out of their jobs Tuesday, in a first major strike by municipal workers and a standoff with mayor and f…

PHILIPPINES: August 24, 2006 ILOILO CITY, Philippines - A Japanese salvage ship was due in the Philippines on Saturday to begin siphoning industrial fuel from a sunken tanker off the central island …

Al Jacinto, Arab News ZAMBOANGA CITY, 24 August 2006 - Suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels raided a small southern Philippine village yesterday and took at least 14 people hostage for two hours b…

MANILA Two Philippine commandos were killed and 17 wounded in fresh fighting with Muslim rebels on the remote south-western island of Jolo, military officials said yesterday.

By MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR. CEBU CITY ?- As the oil spill continues to eat up kilometer after kilometer of sea surface in Guimaras, groups and local officials in the northern part of Cebu are gearing up for the worse ? the oil spill reaching the seawaters of Cebu.

For having a strong partnership between NGOs and the local government in protecting children?s rights, Cebu was named the most outstanding city among five child-friendly cities in the country.

Sun Microsystems Philippines is kicking off its 2nd Java in Cebu Developers Conference on August 22, 2006. With one goal in mind: Expand the country?s Java developer base by raising considerable awareness about the versatility and uses of the object-oriented programming language, which is fast becoming the de facto application development tool of many enterprises today.

Talk on toilets may seem disagreeable to some but it is a basic necessity, particularly where tourism is concerned. This, as stakeholders in Cebu?s tourism industry identified the lack of decent toilets in the province as a ?major? concern.

CEBU CITY — The oil slick from a sunken tanker off Guimaras province is spreading and is threatening Cebu Province, an environmentalist said Tuesday.