A series of killings since the political massacre of 57 people in the southern Philippines last year has set the stage for the country’s most violent election in recent history, experts warn.

Now, the Armed Forces of the Philippines chief’s “mistahs” (classmates) at the Philippine Military Academy are backing calls to extend his term until after the crucial May elections.

Sixty-eight Filipinos in Haiti are now asking the Philippines to repatriate them after another powerful earthquake struck the impoverished Carribean nation Wednesday, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.

MANILA, Philippines – Three siblings were found dead in their home in Pampanga early Tuesday, according to a radio report.

A farmers’ caravan on the way to Malacañang to press for genuine agrarian reform has been repeatedly delayed by military and police checkpoints, the spokesman of the Kilusan Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (Peasant Movement of the Philippines), said Sunday.

Brazilian Ambassador to the Philippines Alcides G.R. Prates went on a private visit to Negros Occidental but instead took the time to donate blood to a gravely ill lawyer despite his tight schedule.

The Philippines is to sign an “open skies” agreement with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in April, a pact that the Department of Tourism said would dramatically increase tourist arrivals in the country.

WASHINGTON – The Philippines ranks 44th among countries considered to be “over performers” by a new World Bank logistics survey that measures how efficiently countries trade their goods around the world.

Drivers and operators of 50 mini-buses providing transport services to Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines Inc. (HHIC-PI) on Saturday went on strike and blocked the way of big buses.

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) on Friday decried the physical harassment by an Iligan City councilor of a local broadcaster, who was exposing alleged misuse of government funds there.

Anakpawis party-list Representative Rafael Mariano on Friday protested against members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines for harassing farmers now holding a nationwide caravan to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of Mendiola massacre.

Citing the country’s own disasters and the outpouring of international assistance when a series of calamities ravaged the country, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Friday said the Philippines would be sending aid to earthquake-devastated Haiti to help hundreds of thousands of victims.

The United States has filed a trade complaint against the Philippines over taxes it imposes on imported whiskey, gin and other spirits, joining the European Union in a similar case at the World Trade Organization.

WASHINGTON – The United States said Thursday that it was hauling the Philippines to the World Trade Organization over a dispute on taxes imposed by the Asian nation on imported whiskey and gin.

Starting February 8, 2010, British passport applications from the Philippines will be handled by the British consulate in Hong Kong, the British embassy in Manila said Wednesday.

The Communist Party of the Philippines denied that New People’s Army rebels have also been issuing “permits to win” (PTW) to candidates in the upcoming May elections in exchange for money and called the reported scheme as part of the military’s psywar propaganda.

What would make Google’s Chrome OS thrive in the Philippines? The continued popularity of netbooks and surprisingly healthy adoption of the search giant’s Web browser, according to an executive.

The League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) has asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision allowing for the creation of the 16 new cities.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will use, as a “last resort,” the Armed Forces of the Philippines in securing candidates in the national elections in May, Comelec chairman Jose Melo said on Thursday.

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Thursday said that once the Philippine Immigration and Naturalization Act of 2009 (Pina) bill is enacted into law, more foreign visitors and investors will come to the Philippines.