Philippines

Four Vietnamese fishermen arrested for poaching in the Philippines

Manila - Four Vietnamese fishermen have been arrested in the Philippines for poaching in the country's western waters, a local official said Monday.

Communist rebels kill town official in southern Philippines

Manila - A town official was killed by suspected communist rebels in a southern Philippine town, the latest attack against civilians in the area, a military report said Saturday.

Police recover two homemade bombs in southern Philippine city

Manila - Philippine policemen recovered on Friday two homemade bombs outside a factory in a southern city, a police official said.

Four killed, 11 wounded in grenade attack in southern Philippines

Manila - Four people were killed and 11 injured in a grenade attack by communist rebels on a bakeshop in a southern Philippine town Thursday, officials said.

Philippines to re-float sunken ferry with bodies trapped inside

Manila - The Philippines would no longer resume diving operations to retrieve hundreds of bodies trapped in a ferry that sank during a typhoon and would instead re-float the vessel, a transportatio

One dead in fresh fighting between Muslim rebels, Philippine troops

Cotabato City, Philippines - Fresh fighting broke out Tuesday between Muslim separatist rebels and government troops in the southern Philippines, resulting in the death of one civilian and forcing

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