Regional News South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd (DSME) has taken a large step towards entering the international s
Read MoreRegional News China has warned India to halt joint energy projects with Vietnam in the South China Sea even as Beijing takes steps to reduce tensio
Read MoreRegional News MANILA, Philippines - A former US defense official cited yesterday the lack of a binding code of conduct among claimants of the dispu
Read MoreKIDAPAWAN CITY ,Philippines – An Italian priest was shot dead by a lone gunman inside a Catholic church compound in North Cotabato yesterday mornin
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. AS we enter into the last quarter of 2011, it becomes more obvious every day that the confidence of January has tu
Read MoreEight months have passed since the auspicious resumption by the Aquino government of peace talks with the National Democratic Front that Gloria Arro
Read MoreBACOOR, Philippines (AP) — Gunmen who held six hostages inside a bank for three hours surrendered peacefully Thursday after a botched robbery in a c
Read MoreThis is a re-posted op-ed piece. Major mining companies have sent an SOS to the government, seeking protection for an industry that the government li
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—The umbrella organization of the country’s largest mining firms expressed alarm Thursday over statements made by representatives
Read MoreCOTABATO City—The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has submitted a new proposal to the government, hoping that the stalled peace process can tak
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. The NPA raid on mining sites in Surigao del Norte was reckless self-destruct. The rebels did not just destroy mini
Read MoreIndonesian Air Force officers will soon be shopping in the Arizona desert, picking out two squadrons of mothballed F-16C/D fighter jets from America
Read MoreCommunists have owned up to raiding three mining facilities in the southern island of Mindanao in the Philippines this week. The show of force comes
Read MoreBUTUAN CITY—Some 300 New People’s Army guerrillas staged coordinated raids on three mines operating in Claver, Surigao del Norte province, on Monday
Read MoreBUTUAN CITY – Communist rebels late Monday freed the two remaining hostages they took following the simultaneous raids they staged on three mining c
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. In his September-October 2011 Foreign Policy article (“The South China Sea is the future of conflict”) Robert D. K
Read MoreThis is a re-posted 5-page special report from Foreign Policy magazine. The 21st century's defining battleground is going to be on water. Europe is
Read MorePRESIDENT Aquino declared his four-day official visit to Japan a “resounding success” after he was promised some $1.78 billion in investments in ene
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - A Korean businessman with interests in the mining industry was killed in an early morning ambush staged by two men on a motorc
Read MorePresident Benigno Aquino III returned Wednesday night from a four-day visit in Japan, bringing home more than $1.4 billion in fresh investments and
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