Philippines

3 Mar 2013

Twelve followers of the little-known sultan of Sulu and two Malaysian security personnel were killed in Friday's firefight, police said, as the more than two-week-old siege in a remote corner of...

Sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III continues to fight for Sabah

3 Mar 2013

When the Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels signed a framework peace agreement at the Philippine presidential palace last October, 75-year-old Jamalul Kiram III was invited to represent the...

Aquino urges Filipinos in Sabah to surrender

2 Mar 2013

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has called on members and followers of a Muslim royal clan who occupied a village in the eastern Malaysian state of

Malaysia stand-off with armed Filipinos ends in violence

1 Mar 2013

Twelve followers of a self-described Philippine Sultan died in a shootout with Malaysian security forces on Friday, police said, as tensions ratcheted up in their 17-day stand-off.

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Philippines’ Aquino warns sultan in Malaysia stand-off

26 Feb 2013

Philippine President Benigno Aquino warned a sultan on Tuesday he would face the “full force of the law” if he did not end a standoff involving his armed followers in the Malaysian state of Sabah...

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Navy ship goes to Malaysia trying to get Filipinos

A Philippine navy ship was sailing to waters off eastern Malaysia on Monday to try to bring back some members of a Filipino clan who became locked in a territorial standoff after going there and...

Briefs, February 25, 2013

The Philippines is sending a navy ship to waters off eastern Malaysia to bring back about 180 Filipinos who became locked in a standoff with Malaysian authorities after claiming the territory,...

Manila to tackle sea row 'with or without China' at UN

The Philippines is about to wade into unchartered waters in its relations with China over the South China Sea.

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Philippines gunmen help Chinese defendants escape

Philippine police say masked gunmen have helped three Chinese nationals, including two serving life sentences on drug charges, escape from jail guards who were driving them to court.

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Aquino praises removal of Chinese-made globes from sale

Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario wrote to National Book Store chief purchaser Cecilia Ramos Licauco: "I personally shared this with the president and he was delighted and proud of your...

Sluggish relief a blow to typhoon-hit Philippines

Two months ago, Typhoon Bopha struck Mindanao in the southern Philippines. It's hard to explain the devastation that such a storm can wreak but, when I arrived there as an aid co-ordinator, I was...