Why is the Philippines one of the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists?
Mid-term elections have the Philippines’ southern island of Mindanao on high alert amid fears of violence.
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A gunman Monday fatally shot a radio broadcaster who had been critical of corrupt officials in the southern Philippines, and police captured the fleeing assailant with the help of passing firemen and bystanders.
Philippine government charges dozens of people over attempted coup.
The five-car convoy heads south, warning lights flashing, weaving dangerously around the ever-present, slow-moving civilian traffic and on toward the province of Sarangani and its most famous resident, Manny Pacquiao. There will be a political rally at 3 p.m. and Pacquiao will be the star, much...
Richard Nadjid, also known as DJ Troy, (ca. 1979 – May 4, 2014), a Filipino journalist for dxGD 675 AM in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines.
Violent crimes against journalists and media workers who expose corruption and injustice are common.
Tropical storm Nalgae wreaks havoc in the southern Philippines and will soon lash Manila.
Dagestanis had no choice but to trade across linguistic and ethnic barriers, breeding a deep tolerance and fertile ground for humor.
Maguindanao province has been hardest hit by rain-induced floods and mudslides.
The Committee to Protect Journalists has placed 12 countries on its Impunity Index, a list of countries where journalists have been killed and their killers have not been found.
Before anything else, let me devote a few words to the fallen journalists and other victims of the brutal massacre that occurred last week in the southern province of Maguindanao. It's the most atrocious crime I've ever seen in the Philippines--a big black eye that overshadowed the recent victories of Filipinos Manny Pacquiao (unprecedented 7th title in 7th weight division) and Efren Penaflorida (CNN Hero of the Year).
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Nearly 100 people have died in one of the most destructive storms to lash the Philippines this year with dozens more feared missing in a mudslide-hit mountainside village, while more than a million others were swamped by floodwater in several provinces, officials said Monday.
In the Philippines, they vote with their trigger fingers. Elections mean big business for illegal gunsmiths, who are looking forward to 2013 mid-term polls.
Last week, boxer Manny Pacquiao donned red spandex for an upcoming superhero flick, filed candidacy papers for next year's congressional elections in t ...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) Victims of a huge mudslide set off by a storm in a coastal...
Last week, boxer Manny Pacquiao donned red spandex for an upcoming superhero flick, filed candidacy papers for next year's congressional elections in...
Fast-moving waters sweep away entire families and damage almost 500 houses, while storm could lash Manila with ‘intense’ rains
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Mindanao broadcaster Rogelio Butalib shot dead, marking the third fatal attack against a journalist in two weeks.
Mid-term elections have the Philippines' southern island of Mindanao on high alert amid fears of violence.
Philippine massacre facilitated by confluence of factors
No, this is not about next year's election, although the coming 2010 polls is generating a lot of buzz here not because of its historical value--it's the first automated elections for the country--but due to the various issues (the counting machines, for instance, haven't been delivered yet) and the gruesome election-related massacre that rippled across the globe recently.
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Wife and sisters of candidate for provincial governor among victims, and at least 12 reporters feared dead
The 2009 attack on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao was world's worst single-day murder of media workers.
over as local governor after martial law was imposed following an election-related massacre last month.
Philippine massacre's main suspect belongs to clan feared by local residents of Maguindanao.
Two people were executed Tuesday in China for their part in a tainted milk scandal that killed at least six babies and sickened about 300,000 others, state-run media reported.
More than 100 Philippine troops and police stormed the homes on Friday of a powerful clan family suspected of involvement in a Nov. 23 massacre that left 57 people dead in what police say were politically motivated killings.
Philippine security forces found 11 more bodies Wednesday at the site of an election-related massacre in the south of the country, taking the toll to 57 dead, officials said.
November 2009 killings blamed on Ampatuan clan – allies of the president – trying to eliminate rival Mangudadatu family from poll
Renewed Maguindanao police force opens investigation into election-linked massacre.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine justice chief on Wednesday reversed his decision to drop murder charges against two suspects in last year's massacre of 57 people following compla...
Andal Ampatuan Jr., scion of a politically powerful clan, is accused of leading gunmen who killed 57 people after stopping a candidate’s convoy on Nov. 23.
Philippines police name local mayor as suspect in politically-motivated killings.
* Witnesses murdered, disappear in deadliest attack on media
A few kilometres off the main highway, on a remote hilltop covered with waist-high grass, bodies lay with twisted hands reaching in the air. They had been shot point-blank.
A scion of a powerful pro-government clan will face murder charges for allegedly leading the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan in the southern Philippines.
Gunmen ambushed a caravan of political supporters and journalists on their way to file election papers, killing at least 24 people.
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo lifted martial law in the country's south, which she declared after the massacre of 57 people last month, Philippine news outlets reported Saturday.
Several witnesses to a 2009 election-related massacre of 57 people have been placed under government protection following a spate of killings of other witnesses to the country's worst political bloodletting in recent years, officials said Wednesday.
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Mary Grace Morales is still waiting for justice 18 months after her reporter husband and sister were gunned down in a massacre of 57 political opponents and journalists in the Philippines &mdash...
As the death toll rose to 57, the son of a powerful clan’s patriarch, considered a prime suspect in the case, turned himself in.
Mr. Hill engaged bystanders on Boston streets with his parables and became a fixture at storytelling conferences abroad.
No one convicted after 58 people gunned down in cold blood in 2009 in the country's worst political mass killing.
Clan leader faces 57 murder charges over election-related killings.
Five years after gunmen flagged down a convoy of cars and massacred all 58 occupants, including scores of journalists, in a southern Philippine province, the body count continues to rise.
Gunmen abducted and killed at least 21 people in the southern Philippines Monday, apparently to prevent a woman filing her husband's nomination to run for provincial governor in elections next year, the military said.
Authorities say a scion of a powerful clan suspected in the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan in the southern Philippines has turned himself in.
Former governor Andal Ampatuan Sr, who was accused of masterminding 2009 mass killing in Mindanao, dies of liver cancer.
Restrictions imposed in Maguindanao following last week's killing of 57 people.
Local mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr (centre) has been charged with mass murder after he was accused of ordering the massacre of 57 people on Monday. Ampatuan is the son of a local governor and a close ally of President Gloria Arroyo.
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The Filipinos supplied a riot of rhythm.
Chinese ship approached the USS Decatur in the South China Sea and conducted ‘aggressive maneuvers’, a US official said
The Philippine competition watchdog said on Friday it has approved ride hail firm Grab's acquisition of Uber's operations, providing it follows rules to ensure fairness to consumers given its stranglehold of the local market.
Typhoon Bopha has left 325 people dead and 379 others missing in the Philippines.
Survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March in the Philippines are marking the anniversary in San Francisco with speeches and a 21-gun battery salute to the thousands who died in it.
Malaysia's prime minister on Monday spoke up in defense of ties with China and complained over alleged pressure by the United States and its allies on regional nations to take sides in the West's strategic rivalries with Beijing.
Human rights group Karapatan condemned the pardon as a despicable and shameless mockery of justice and servility to U.S. imperialist interests.
Struck a coral reef. ;
An unrelated lawsuit uncovered troves of documents and data revealing Backpage’s aggressive operation to post sex-related ads.
Philippine Everest conqueror sets sail for China
Chinas contested maritime claims are ramping up tensions in the region.
The Trump administration's push for U.S. allies in Asia to take collective new steps to counter China is expected to dominate discussions as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with his Japanese, Indian and Australian counterparts in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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The Phillipines' new president is just days into his term, but his first decisions in power suggest the country is in for an interesting few years.
Chapter 1
In 1902, in the third year of the Philippine-American War, Senator George Frisbie Hoar of Massachusetts delivered the following speech on the Senate floor.We have to deal with a territory ten thou
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State media have reported that Chinese warships, fighter jets and submarines held live-fire war games in the South China Sea, just days ahead of an international tribunal's ruling on a challenge to Beijing's expansive claims in the waters.
More than 500 people gathered in Maryville, Mo., for the "Justice for Daisy" rally in support of Daisy Coleman.
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The Department of National Defense said on Sunday three civilians on the ground were also killed, and four civilians were injured.
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Authorities caught off guard as Tropical Storm Ketsana leaves trail of death and destruction.
If the Filipinos on the remote South China Sea island of Thitu had binoculars, they might just be envious of how their neighbors on the next island live.
Maria Ressa, the CEO of the news outlet Rappler, which has been critical of President Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested earlier this week and charged with violating the country's cybercrime law.
After years of study in a remote section of the Philippines, researchers can now confirm a victory for biodiversity, the discovery of two new owl species.
Pork Adobo is pork cooked in soy sauce, vinegar, and garlic. This is considered by many as the Philippine's national dish because of its popularity
An opposition senator has pressed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to publicly release details of his bank accounts to disprove allegations that he had large sums of undeclared money.
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to meet President Benigno Aquino on Saturday as the Philippines seeks to boost cooperation over growing territorial disputes with regional rival China.The meeting comes as tensions have steadily risen between China and Japan, which accuses...
A venture to raise funds for start-ups and charities has had to delay its launch
South Dakota will consider on Wednesday a proposed law that supporters say would protect pregnant women from attack and critics fear could legalize the killing of abortion providers.
China said on Monday it hoped for a further easing of tensions after the Philippines pulled back two vessels from a group of disputed rocks, ending a two-month standoff between the two sides.
Philippine veterinarians conducted an autopsy on the world's largest saltwater crocodile ever caught, amid concerns it died of mistreatment in a small pen where it was on show for tourists.
Tropical Storm Conson became a typhoon overnight with maximum sustained winds near 75 mph, and NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of the storm as it was making landfall in Luzon, the Philippines. Conson is already moving into the South China Sea and headed for a landfall in south China.
One woman dead and four fisherman missing after strong winds and rain cause havoc.
The Philippine Air Force organized a Task Force in Palawan under Table of Order AF-08-73, dated 2 March 1973, pursuant to General Orders Number 333, Headquarters, Philippine Air Force, dated 8 March 1973. The mission of this provisional unit was to perform air operations in Palawan and the Kalayaan Island Group, in support of the overal Armed Forces of the Philippine mission. The unit was designated Task Force Palawan and stationed at Puerto Princesa City was under the command of the Sulu Fron
Storm leaves at least two people dead and causes massive disruption and power cuts in nine provinces before slowing down
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Imperial Japan wasn't happy.
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Singapore: ONE Fighting Championship™ (ONE FC), Asia’s largest mixed martial arts organization with a 90% market share, has completed the blockbuster card set to take place on 6 December at the state-of-the-art MOA Arena in Manila, Philippines with two exciting undercard bouts. Ruel Catalan, the brother of Rene Catalan, will take his brother’s place in the much-anticipated rematch against Khim Dima of Cambodia. Top Filipino prospect Edward Kelly is also set to make his O
Residents facing risk of disease as 300,000 remain homeless with many losing hope their lives will return to normalcy.
Some 230 people were rescued after ferry caught fire in the sea off the southern Philippine province of Basilan.
A death of employment options drove Filipino Ben Dominguez overseas in 2007. The IT consultant moved to Singapore and now sends home over 30,000 pesos a month – a princely sum that pays a mortgage and supports his parents and two sisters.
Early this week, police traced the ILOVEYOU computer virus to the Philippines, but after questioning one suspect, authorities had to release him for la ...
Over 100 youth and grassroots advocates from 50 organizations are participating in Sulong! Power Shift Pilipinas national convergence to confront the climate crisis less than 6 months since the devastation from Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda).[1] This comes just two days before the release of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) expected to highlight the fact that society is vastly underprepared to deal with the increased risks posed by climate change impact
Warnings have been posted in the extreme northeastern Philippines as Parma has powered up into a Super Typhoon, and its new forecast track takes it over the northeastern tip of the Philippines, and three NASA satellites are keeping tabs on it.
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