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.

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

Manila - The Philippines' inflation rate jumped to a 14-year high of 11.4 per cent in June from a year ago as food and fuel prices soared, the government said Friday. 

Manila - A human rights lawyer and four former military and police officers have been arrested in the Philippines over an alleged new plot to overthrow the government of President Gloria Macapagal

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.

Manila - The Philippines' military chief on Wednesday urged government troops in the strife-torn south to "calibrate" their response against intensified attacks by Muslim rebels who have grown imp