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Opposition lawmakers said Thursday that they have the support of over 50 Filipino lawmakers for the expected impeachment complaint against current President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo . The impeachment complaint, which is likely to be formally filed...

Opposition legislators in the Philippines said Tuesday that they plan to file criminal charges against President Gloria Arroyo in connection with allegations of election fraud and corruption. Arroyo previously said she would "welcome" impeachment as...

The US has vowed to oppose any attempt to remove politically-beleaguered Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo , dogged by allegations of election fraud , unless that is done through a constitutional process. US embassy Charge d'Affaires Joseph...

Philippines President Gloria Arroyo said in a statement Tuesday that she "welcomed" the endorsement of an impeachment complaint against her, eager for a chance to refute allegations of voter fraud in the 2004 national election. A controversial...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Tuesday rejected a lawsuit against the Japanese government filed by 15 Asian women who claim Japanese soldiers forced them to act as "comfort women" , or...

The International Labour Organization (ILO) Thursday called for a ban on child labor in mines and quarries as the focus for the World Day Against Child Labour on June 12. The agency has...

Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said Thursday that she would call a national convention in 2006 to change the constitution and form of government of the Philippines from an American-style system with a president and bicameral...

Twenty-eight people died Tuesday during a raid on a Philippine maximum security prison as police acted to suppress an uprising headed by prisoners affiliated with the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group . Abu Sayyaf is linked to al-Qaida and...

The National Telecommunications Commission in the Philippines has ordered cable operators to shut down all chat rooms, in response to complaints that some had become sex channels. The NTC commented that some chat room operators were not...

Iceland has offered a residency permit to Bobby Fisher, the US chess champion now detained in Japan and wanted for extradition to the US who beat Russian Boris Spassky in a famous international chess match in Reykyavik in 1972....