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Former Philippines president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her husband Jose Miguel Arroyo pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to corruption charges before a special anti-graft court in the Philippines. The corruption charges stem from a government...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) sent a letter Monday to the chief of staff of the Philippines military, Lt. Gen. Jesse Dellosa, urging the Philippines to act on multiple human rights abuses and hold violators...

A Philippines court on Tuesday issued an arrest order for the husband of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , Jose Miguel Arroyo, on bribery charges. He was accused of accepting bribes to support the $329-million national...

Former Philippines president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of electoral fraud. Arroyo is accused of rigging senate elections in favor of the candidates she supported in 2007. Arroyo...

Philippine President Benigno Aquino called for public support Thursday to encourage impeachment proceedings against Philippine Chief Justice Renato Corona . Aquino warned that the fight against corruption depended on the result of the impeachment....

The Philippine Senate on Monday began the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona for violating the constitution and the public trust in connection with the trial of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo...

Philippine authorities filed a second criminal complaint against Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , the former Philippine president who has been under hospital arrest for previous charges of corruption and electoral fraud. The second complaint alleges...

A Philippines senior official was arrested on Tuesday amidst allegations that he was involved in illegal activities in connection with the 2007 congressional elections on the island of Mindanao. Former chief election official, Benjamin Abalos, surrendered and was taken...

The Philippine Congress voted Monday to impeach Chief Justice Renato Corona for violating the constitution and the public trust in connection with the trial of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ,...

The relatives of 57 people killed in a 2009 Philippines massacre on Tuesday sued former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for allegedly assisting the perpetrators. The families seek five million pesos (USD $345,000) from Arroyo...