http://www.mail.com/locations/8252-philippines.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/8252-philippines.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1852964-china-urged-to-face-philippines-un-tribunal.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A senior U.S. lawmaker meeting with Philippine officials said Tuesday that China should agree to face the Philippines before a U.N. arbitration tribunal to avoid a possible crisis over their long-raging territorial disputes in the South China Sea. The Philippines took a daring legal step last week when it notified China that it ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1852964-china-urged-to-face-philippines-un-tribunal.html 2013-01-29T07:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850400-philippine-dictatorship-victims-to-compensated.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Almost four decades after he was arrested and tortured and his sister disappeared into a maze of Philippine police cells and military houses, playwright Bonifacio Ilagan is finally seeing his suffering officially recognized. A writer for an underground communist newspaper, Ilagan and thousands like him were rounded up by dictato... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850400-philippine-dictatorship-victims-to-compensated.html 2013-01-29T00:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1849736-karnow-vietnam-reporter-historian-dies-age-87.html Stanley Karnow, the award-winning author and journalist who wrote a definitive book about the Vietnam War, worked on an accompanying documentary and later won a Pulitzer for a history of the Philippines, died Sunday morning. He was 87. Karnow, who had congestive heart failure, died in his sleep at his home in Potomac, Md., said son Michael Karnow. A Paris... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1849736-karnow-vietnam-reporter-historian-dies-age-87.html 2013-01-27T21:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842200-us-navy-ship-taking-water-philippine-reef.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A U.S. Navy minesweeper that ran aground on a Philippine reef is damaged and taking on water and will have to be lifted off the rocks in an operation that could last another week or two, a Navy official said Thursday. Before the USS Guardian can be removed from the Tubbataha Reef, about 56,000 liters (15,000 gallons) of fuel wil... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842200-us-navy-ship-taking-water-philippine-reef.html 2013-01-24T04:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837004-philippines-taking-s-china-sea-fight-to-tribunal.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines took a desperate legal step against China's claims to virtually the entire South China Sea, formally notifying the Asian superpower that Manila is seeking international arbitration to declare Beijing's moves in the potentially oil-rich waters "unlawful." Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said Tuesday his depar... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837004-philippines-taking-s-china-sea-fight-to-tribunal.html 2013-01-23T01:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834302-philippines-6-workers-dead-algeria.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Six Filipinos were among the hostages killed by militants who laid siege to an Algerian gas field for four days, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday. Sixteen Filipinos have been accounted for and four others are still missing since Algerian special forces stormed the plant on Saturday to end the siege, Forei... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834302-philippines-6-workers-dead-algeria.html 2013-01-21T06:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831664-us-navy-ship-stuck-philippines-used-faulty-map.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An inaccurate map that mislocated a marine sanctuary may have caused a U.S. Navy minesweeper to run aground on a coral reef in the Philippines this week, the Navy said Saturday All 79 officers and crew of the USS Guardian were taken off the ship for safety reasons after it struck the reef with its bow at 2 a.m. Thursday. The Nav... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 10:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831664-us-navy-ship-stuck-philippines-used-faulty-map.html 2013-01-19T10:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1829050-crew-leaves-us-navy-ship-stuck-philippines.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Most of the sailors on a U.S. Navy minesweeper that struck a coral reef in the Philippines left the ship Friday for safety reasons after initial efforts to free the vessel failed, the Navy said. The ship ran aground Thursday while in transit through the Tubbataha National Marine Park, a coral sanctuary in the Sulu Sea, 640 kilom... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 06:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1829050-crew-leaves-us-navy-ship-stuck-philippines.html 2013-01-18T06:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1826820-hostages-10-nations-algeria.html Islamic militants said they captured 41 foreign hostages at a natural gas complex in the Algerian desert. Some were killed in an Algerian military assault, though figures varied widely. Here's a summary of the latest information on the hostages: — ALGERIA: Hundreds of Algerians worked at the gas plant, but the Algerian media say most were released. The No... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1826820-hostages-10-nations-algeria.html 2013-01-18T01:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1813066-correction-philippines-fatal-fire-story.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — In a story Jan. 12 about a hotel fire that killed seven people in Olongapo, Philippines, The Associated Press misspelled a victim's surname based on incorrect information provided by city police. He was James Brighenti from Kodiak, Alaska, not James Brigati. A corrected version of the story is below: 3 US men, SKorean among 7 de... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1813066-correction-philippines-fatal-fire-story.html 2013-01-14T02:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1803112-police-13-suspects-slain-philippine-clash.html ATIMONAN, Philippines (AP) — At least three police personnel were among 13 suspected criminals who were gunned down in a shootout with Philippine security forces at a highway checkpoint, officials said Monday. Gunmen riding in three black SUVs opened fire on more than 50 army and police troopers who flagged down the vehicles late Sunday in the coastal tow... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1803112-police-13-suspects-slain-philippine-clash.html 2013-01-07T01:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1797234-law-points-to-philippine-churchs-waning-sway.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Twenty-six years after Roman Catholic leaders helped his mother marshal millions of Filipinos in an uprising that ousted a dictator, President Benigno Aquino III picked a fight with the church over contraceptives and won a victory that bared the bishops' worst nightmare: They no longer sway the masses. Aquino last month signed t... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1797234-law-points-to-philippine-churchs-waning-sway.html 2013-01-04T00:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1795108-un-than-60000-dead-syrian-civil-war.html BEIRUT (AP) — The United Nations gave a grim new count Wednesday of the human cost of Syria's civil war, saying the death toll has exceeded 60,000 in 21 months — far higher than recent estimates by anti-regime activists. The day's events illustrated the escalating violence that has made recent months the deadliest of the conflict: As rebels pressed a stra... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1795108-un-than-60000-dead-syrian-civil-war.html 2013-01-02T19:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1786740-manila-slum-emerges-unlikely-ballerina.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The ghetto called Aroma reeks of putrefying trash collected by its residents for recycling. Half-naked children with grimy faces play on muddy dirt roads lined by crumbling shanties of tarpaulin walls, cracked tin roofs and communal toilets.  From this Manila slum of garbage collectors emerged an unlikely Cinderella: ballerina J... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1786740-manila-slum-emerges-unlikely-ballerina.html 2012-12-26T13:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1786102-8-dead-christmas-day-fires-riot-philippines.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Angry residents beat a man to death and threw rocks at firefighters after a shantytown fire left thousands of people homeless, and another Christmas Day blaze in the Philippine capital left seven people dead, officials said Wednesday. A resident was beaten to death by his neighbors after shouting that he started Tuesday's shanty... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 04:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1786102-8-dead-christmas-day-fires-riot-philippines.html 2012-12-26T04:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1786554-hero-dog-missing-snout-to-beaten-cancer.html DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — A veterinarian at the University of California, Davis, has some good news about a dog from the Philippines who became an international hero after sacrificing her snout to save two young girls. After completing six weekly intravenous chemotherapy infusions, Kabang appears to have beaten the cancer she was suffering from, Gina Davis, th... Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1786554-hero-dog-missing-snout-to-beaten-cancer.html 2012-12-25T21:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1774916-la-jury-awards-45-to-filipino-teachers.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury awarded $4.5 million to Filipino teachers who paid large fees to obtain U.S. jobs through a placement agency. Jurors on Monday found that Los Angeles-based Universal Placement International Inc. and its owner, Lourdes Navarro, failed to properly disclose the fees for the 350 teachers who were recruited for $40,000-a-year ... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1774916-la-jury-awards-45-to-filipino-teachers.html 2012-12-19T01:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1770962-philippines-oks-divisive-contraceptives-bill.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine legislators passed a landmark bill Monday that would provide government funding for contraceptives and sexuality classes in schools despite strong opposition by the dominant Roman Catholic Church and its followers, some of whom threatened to ask the Supreme Court to block the legislation. The Senate and the House of R... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1770962-philippines-oks-divisive-contraceptives-bill.html 2012-12-17T13:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1768008-sympathy-us-school-shooting-stretches-globe.html LONDON (AP) — As the world joined Americans in mourning the school massacre in Connecticut, many urged U.S. politicians to honor the 28 victims, especially the children, by pushing for stronger gun control laws. Twitter users and media personalities in the U.K. immediately invoked Dunblane — a 1996 shooting in that small Scottish town which killed 16 chil... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1768008-sympathy-us-school-shooting-stretches-globe.html 2012-12-15T16:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750318-hundreds-fishermen-missing-philippine-storm.html NEW BATAAN, Philippines (AP) — The number of people missing after a typhoon devastated the Philippines jumped to nearly 900 after families and fishing companies reported losing contact with more than 300 fishermen at sea, officials said. The fishermen from southern General Santos city and nearby Sarangani province left a few days before Typhoon Bopha hit ... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750318-hundreds-fishermen-missing-philippine-storm.html 2012-12-09T23:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1754024-pacquiao-loss-downs-spirit-storm-hit-filipinos.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Filipino fans were stunned by Manny Pacquiao's knockout defeat to Juan Manuel Marquez, dampening the spirit of a nation battered by a powerful typhoon that killed more than 600 people in the southern region where the boxing champion lives. In New Bataan township, which was ravaged by Typhoon Bopha last week, refugees, rescuers a... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 12:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1754024-pacquiao-loss-downs-spirit-storm-hit-filipinos.html 2012-12-09T12:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1747464-safety-compete-typhoon-hit-philippines.html NEW BATAAN, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government's geological hazard maps show why this farming community was largely washed away by a strong typhoon: "highly susceptible to flooding and landslides." That didn't stop some villagers from rebuilding even with bodies still lying under the mud. Most of the about 420 people confirmed dead from Typhoon ... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1747464-safety-compete-typhoon-hit-philippines.html 2012-12-07T00:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1743946-350-die-philippine-typhoon-400-missing.html NEW BATAAN, Philippines (AP) — A powerful typhoon that washed away emergency shelters, a military camp and possibly entire families in the southern Philippines has killed almost 350 people with nearly 400 missing, authorities said Thursday. More bodies were retrieved from hardest-hit Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental provinces and six others impacted b... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1743946-350-die-philippine-typhoon-400-missing.html 2012-12-06T04:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1743728-than-100-dead-philippine-typhoon.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The death toll from Typhoon Bopha climbed to more than 100 people Wednesday, while scores of others remain missing in the worst-hit areas of the southern Philippines. At least 43 people died when torrents of water rampaged down a mountain in New Bataan town in Compostela Valley province and engulfed a school and village hall whe... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1743728-than-100-dead-philippine-typhoon.html 2012-12-05T04:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1741848-powerful-typhoon-kills-74-philippines.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Torrential floods from a powerful typhoon engulfed emergency shelters and an army truck carrying soldiers and villagers who were fleeing their homes in the southern Philippines, raising the death toll from the storm to at least 74. At least 43 of the victims drowned in one village. Rain accumulated atop a mountain and flooded do... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1741848-powerful-typhoon-kills-74-philippines.html 2012-12-05T00:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741654-typhoon-pounds-philippines-killing-7.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — One of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year barreled across the country's south on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and forcing more than 50,000 to flee from inundated villages. Typhoon Bopha slammed into the Davao region at dawn, its ferocious winds ripping roofs from homes and its 500-kilometer- (311-m... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741654-typhoon-pounds-philippines-killing-7.html 2012-12-04T10:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741120-strong-typhoon-pounds-philippines-41k-leave-homes.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year was pounding southern provinces Tuesday, cutting power, suspending travel and flooding areas already vulnerable to landslides. More than 41,000 residents have moved out of their homes in high-risk coastal villages and along rivers, including in southern provinces that were d... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 03:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741120-strong-typhoon-pounds-philippines-41k-leave-homes.html 2012-12-04T03:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1738038-pacific-nations-alarmed-tuna-overfishing.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Pacific island nations and environmentalists raised an alarm Sunday over destructive fishing methods and overfishing that they say are threatening bigeye tuna — the fish popular among sushi lovers worldwide. Palau fisheries official Nanette Malsol, who leads a bloc of Pacific island nations, said at the start of a weeklong tuna ... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 14:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1738038-pacific-nations-alarmed-tuna-overfishing.html 2012-12-02T14:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1722174-chinas-role-southeast-asia-questioned.html BEIJING (AP) — China is finding the once friendly ground of Southeast Asia bumpy going, with anger against Chinese claims to disputed islands, once reliable ally Myanmar flirting with democracy and renewed American attention to the region. The changing terrain for Beijing was on view this past week at a conclave of East Asian nations in Cambodia. Wen Jiab... Sun, 25 Nov 2012 04:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1722174-chinas-role-southeast-asia-questioned.html 2012-11-25T04:45:00Z