Fri Dec 2, 2011 8:08 AM EST
Away from fans' prying eyes, David Beckham took time out from soccer to share his experiences and listen to Filipino children struggling to rebuild their broken lives.
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Thu Dec 1, 2011 9:14 AM EST
David Beckham said he has a "big decision to make" after his contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy expires and reiterated his desire to play for the British team at the 2012 London Olympics.
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Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:26 AM EST
A Philippine court on Monday allowed former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to be detained temporarily in an upscale hospital suite on electoral fraud charges while her lawyers battle to get her released.
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Tue Nov 8, 2011 11:47 AM EST
The epic 1975 Thrilla in Manila focused the world's attention on boxing greats Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali.
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Fri Aug 5, 2011 2:26 AM EDT
Two commanders from the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group have clashed in a dayslong land feud that has killed at least six combatants and displaced hundreds of villagers in the southern Philippines, officials and the guerrillas said Wednesday.
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Tue Jul 5, 2011 6:19 AM EDT
The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday scrapped a stock distribution plan for workers on a sugar estate owned by the president's relatives.
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Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:10 PM EDT
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III is canceling or reconsidering foreign-funded infrastructure projects worth $2 billion, saying that although his country badly needs improvements, the contracts are overpriced and technically deficient.
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Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:45 AM EST
A group of Philippine lawmakers said Thursday it will try to pass a family planning bill with backing from the country's new president despite strong opposition from the Roman Catholic Church.
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Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:59 AM EDT
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III granted amnesty Tuesday to officers and soldiers accused of plotting to overthrow his predecessor.
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Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:39 PM EDT
The chief government negotiator in peace talks with Muslim rebels on Thursday welcomed a rebel leader's statement that his group is no longer demanding independence from the Philippines and instead is seeking a status similar to a U.S. state.
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Thu Sep 9, 2010 5:36 AM EDT
The Philippine justice chief said Thursday she'll recommend criminal and administrative charges against about 10 officials, police officers and journalists over last month's killing of eight Hong Kong tourists in a botched hostage rescue that outraged China.
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Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:00 AM EDT
A packed passenger bus negotiating a downhill curve plunged off a Philippine mountain highway into a 100-foot (30-meter) ravine Wednesday, killing 41 people, police said.
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Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:45 PM EDT
The number of Vietnamese missing from tropical storm Conson increased to 17 Monday following dozens of deaths in the Philippines and China.
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Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:59 PM EDT
The new president of the Philippines was 40 minutes late for his first address to the military Friday as he kept his promise to suffer in the capital's heavy traffic like ordinary people.
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Tue Jun 1, 2010 10:11 AM EDT
Philippine elementary and high schools will start teaching basic sex education as a pilot program in the conservative Roman Catholic nation, officials said Tuesday, brushing aside concerns by church leaders that it may encourage promiscuity among the youth.
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Thu May 13, 2010 2:33 PM EDT
Filipinos have swamped a new Facebook page to offer words of advice and caution for their next president-apparent, Sen. Benigno Aquino III — telling him he should choose upright Cabinet members and also quit smoking.
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Wed May 12, 2010 5:35 AM EDT
Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring in November, that much is certain. Who the opponent will be is still very much undecided.
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Mon Apr 26, 2010 1:31 PM EDT
The pounding beat of "Eye of the Tiger" from "Rocky III" blasted from speakers as Manny Pacquiao's black Hummer pulled up at an open-air basketball court on a recent humid evening.
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Thu Apr 8, 2010 3:52 AM EDT
The Philippine Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a decision barring a gay rights group from contesting national elections in May and recognized it as a legitimate political party for the first time.
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Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:39 AM EST
The first witness to testify against a powerful clan member accused of leading a pre-election massacre of 57 people in the southern Philippines said Wednesday he saw the defendant and his family firing guns as victims knelt and begged for their lives.
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Mon Jan 4, 2010 8:58 PM EST
A member of a powerful political clan on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the Philippines' worst election massacre of 57 people, including journalists and members of a rival's family.
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Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:30 AM EST
Government prosecutors filed 16 more murder charges Monday against the member of a powerful clan who allegedly led last month's massacre of political rivals and journalists in the southern Philippines.
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Tue Dec 15, 2009 7:31 PM EST
An alleged founder of an al-Qaida-linked Philippine militant group who is wanted by the U.S. government in the kidnapping of an American missionary 16 years ago was arrested in Manila on Wednesday, an official said.
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Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:12 AM EST
A Philippine gay rights group is waging a legal battle to be allowed to run in next year's polls after the Elections Commission ruled it cannot register as a political party on grounds that it advocates immorality.
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Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:34 AM EST
Filipinos erupted into deafening cheers in bars, gymnasiums and army camps Sunday as Manny Pacquiao — their boxing hero — relentlessly pounded Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto to win his seventh title in as many weight classes.
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