Philippines army is 'in denial'
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A UN envoy says the Philippines army is in "almost total denial" about a wave of extra-judicial killings.
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There has been little progress in the battle against Islamic insurgents in Thailand's south, officials admit.
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Editor&#39;s Note: Published on page A2 of the Oct. 31, 2004 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. DESPITE the threat by a splinter Taliban group to kill a Filipino diplomat and two other hostages unless security
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Philippine president Gloria Arroyo warned that her country is in the midst of a fiscal crisis. A report by economists at the University of the Philippines said the country faces economic collapse
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A lack of personnel is creating a "clear danger"  the military will be unable to maintain its commitments, MPs warn.
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The Philippine military appears to have been responsible for many of the hundreds of extra-judicial killings in the country, a U.N. investigator said on Wednesday.
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The Philippine army flew more troops to  the remote southern island of Jolo on Friday, the fifth day of  fierce fighting with two groups of Muslim rebels, as appeals  for a truce by local leaders fell on deaf ears.
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Rescuers in the Philippines struggle to find more survivors after mudslides triggered by a typhoon swept away villages.
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DARAGA, Philippines  - The Philippines fears up to 1,000 people were killed in landslides and floods set off by Typhoon Durian but officials said on Monday that many of the bodies might never be found.
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About 1,000 soldiers were brought to the Philippine capital on Friday amid reports of a plot to destabilize the government of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo due to a brewing political scandal, the military chief said.
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GENERAL NAKAR, Philippines : Stunned residents picked their way through a wasteland of mud and rubble to leave storm-ravaged areas of the Philippines as the government said it has run out of money to pay for relief services.
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Military officials said they know why the leader of a notorious insurgent group in Iraq has eluded capture.
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Award denied to thousands of soldiers --tankers, engineers, artillerymen -- retrained for infantry.
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Malawi denies agreeing to send troops to Somalia, in a fresh blow for the planned AU peacekeeping force.
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A Philippine army general pleaded not  guilty to graft at a court martial Tuesday, while the  government filed criminal charges against junior officers who  led a brief, bloodless mutiny last year.
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Despite rising international concern, President Gloria Arroyo&#39;s government is failing to properly address the &quot;plague&quot; of extra-judicial killings in the Philippines, a European Union official said Friday.
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The Philippine military went on the defensive on Thursday after a U.N. investigator said soldiers appeared to be behind many extra-judicial killings and ahead of the release of a damning report into the murders.