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A baby girl born early Sunday has officially pushed the population of the Philippines to 100 million, highlighting the challenge of providing for more people in the already-impoverished nation.
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by AFP
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The death toll from Typhoon Rammasun in the Philippines rose to 94 -- with six missing -- as another storm brought rains to the ravaged areas, authorities said Sunday.
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The disaster-weary Philippines braced for a second severe storm in five days on Saturday as the death toll from Typhoon Rammasun surged to 77, officials said.
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Millions of people in the Philippines endured a second sweltering day without power on Thursday after a ferocious typhoon paralysed the capital and wrecked flimsy rural homes, claiming at least 40 lives.
In the Media
by Cecil Morella (AFP)
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The first typhoon of the Philippines' brutal rainy season shut down the nation's capital on Wednesday, killing at least 11 people across the country and forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate.
In the Media
by Mynardo Macaraig (AFP)
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Tens of thousands of people in the Philippines hunkered down in evacuation centres while three people were reported missing Tuesday as a typhoon pounded its eastern coast amid warnings of giant storm surges and heavy floods.
In the Media
by AFP
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A policeman was killed and a second kidnapped after heavily armed gunmen opened fire at a Malaysian diving resort off Borneo island, a fresh escalation of violence in the tourist hotspot, a security official said Sunday.
In the Media
by AFP
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A Chinese fish farm manager who was kidnapped in May has been released amid a spate of abductions in Malaysia by gunmen based in the southern Philippines, police said Thursday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Pope Francis is to visit the Philippines, Asia's bastion of the Catholic faith, in January 2015 to comfort victims of disasters including Super Typhoon Haiyan, local church leaders said Monday.
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Multimedia journalist Patricia Evangelista has won the Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize for her compelling reporting on conflict and disaster in her native Philippines, AFP announced Friday.
In the Media
by AFP
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The Philippines stepped up security at key installations and all public areas in parts of the country's volatile south on Sunday following a terror threat, police said.
In the Media
by AFP
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In Sulu province in the southern island of Mindanao Philippine security forces clashed with Abu Sayyaf insurgents resulting in 10 rebels and seven troops being killed.
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The Philippines said Thursday it would ask a UN tribunal to speed up its appeal to declare China's expansive claims to the South China Sea invalid.
In the Media
by AFP
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The Philippines said on Saturday it had filed a protest with Beijing for reclaiming land on a disputed South China Sea reef, the fourth such complaint in three months.
In the Media
by AFP
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Six members of the same family died after a fire struck a tent city set up for survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines on Wednesday, a police official said.
In the Media
by AFP
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Are you nervous in the company of snakes? The Cebu City Zoo has just the answer to help you get over your fears. At their premises you can relax and enjoy a soothing massage involving not one, but four Burmese pythons.
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Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Wednesday that China's placing of an oil rig in contested South China Sea waters had "seriously threatened peace".
In the Media
by Karl MALAKUNAS (AFP)
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Twenty-three people were injured when a fire and a series of explosions struck a Philippine army munitions depot near the country's financial district Wednesday, officials and witnesses said.
In the Media
by AFP
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Thousands of American and Philippine troops launched large annual exercises on Monday after US President Barack Obama vowed "ironclad" backing for its Asian ally, locked in a tense maritime row with China.
In the Media
by Jason Gutirrez (AFP)
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Communist rebels waging one of Asia's longest running insurgencies seized dozens of prospectors in a remote Philippine gold rush site and used them as "human shields" against pursuing troops, a military official said Sunday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Dozens of people have been arrested in the Philippines in a multinational crackdown on the exploding global menace of Internet "sextortion", Interpol and local police announced on Friday.
In the Media
by Cecil Morella (AFP)
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Barack Obama ended an Asian tour Tuesday with a warning to China against using force in territorial disputes, as Chinese authorities accused the US president of ganging up with "troublemaking" allies.
In the Media
by Stephen Collinson (AFP)
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The United States and the Philippines plan to sign a new security pact on Monday to allow a larger U.S. military presence amid ongoing territorial disputes with China.
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President Barack Obama said Monday he had no desire to contain or counter China despite clinching a defence pact with the Philippines which will inject US forces close to the volatile South China Sea.
In the Media
by Stephen Collinson (AFP)
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The Philippines and the United States announced they would sign an agreement on Monday to allow a greater US military presence on Filipino soil for the next decade.
In the Media
by Jason Gutierrez (AFP)
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A Danish man joined eight Filipinos in re-enacting the death of Jesus Christ Friday by being nailed to crosses in a bloody annual Easter spectacle in the Philippines before thousands of surprised onlookers.
In the Media
by AFP
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Fishermen in the southern Philippines are demanding a reward for a crocodile they said they caught accidentally, but officials insisted Sunday they would not pay for the reptile.
In the Media
by AFP
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The United Arab Emirates announced Friday that one of six Filipino paramedics in the UAE who have been infected by the MERS coronavirus has died from the respiratory disease.
In the Media
by AFP
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has removed the Philippines from its air safety blacklist, Manila said Thursday, opening the door for its airlines to expand services to the United States.
In the Media
by AFP
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Inmates at Cebu Provincial Detention Center perform a Gangman Style dance routine.
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Boxer Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines at a news conference at the Venetian Macao hotel in Macau November 19, 2013. Pacquiao and Brandon Rios of the U.S. will fight in a welterweight bout at Venetian Macao on November 24
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The culture of the Philippines was brought to downtown Toronto in front of City Hall at Nathan Phillips Square.
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Sandiganbayan building
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Isabell Patrizhia Reyes, winner of Voice of Asia Speech Contest logo design competition.
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democracy in every regime
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SONA 2012: A Day In The Life of Philippines
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United Voice & ACTU rally outside the Philippine Consulate General in Sydney.
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SONA 2012: A Day In The Life of Philippines
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SONA 2012: A Day In The Life of Philippines
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Mr. Jerry Ilao of Mobile Optima, Inc. formally introduces the PerxClub loyalty app to the guests of this exclusive event.
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The culture of the Philippines was brought to downtown Toronto in front of City Hall at Nathan Phillips Square.
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The Swearing-in Ceremony for Philip Goldberg as U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines (Washington, November 21, 2013)
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The culture of the Philippines was brought to downtown Toronto in front of City Hall at Nathan Phillips Square.
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The campaign advertisements on the streets of the Philippines
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As seen on this map of Malaysia, Brunei is a small Sultan state on the Island of Borneo
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