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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

Jealous man cuts off penis of gay lover, flushes in toilet

PhilippinesManila  - A jealous man cut off the penis of his gay lover and flushed the se

Electric minibuses start commercial operations in Philippines

Manila - Electricity-powered jeepneys, or minibuses, started commercial operations in the Philippines on Tuesday, with environmentalists hoping that the green version would soon replace all smoke-b

Philippine weather bureau sued for ferry sinking during typhoon

Manila - The owner of a passenger ferry that capsized during a typhoon in the Philippines has sued the country's weather bureau for allegedly giving a wrong forecast that led to the sinking of the

Salvage team begins underwater survey of sunken Philippine ferry

Manila  - A private salvage team on Monday surveyed a sunken ferry in the Philippines in a bid to remove a cargo of toxic pesticides that forced authorities to suspend efforts to retrieve hundreds

Philippine troops kill at least 15 communist rebels in combat

Manila  - At least 15 communist rebels were killed in combat with government security forces in the southern Philippines, the military said Monday.

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