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Philippines Declares Emergency After Violence

MANILA The president of the Philippines on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in the southern region where gunmen kidnapped more than 40 people and killed at least 24 of them, military officials and news agencies reported. In one of the worst ...

From CARLOS H. CONDE, The New York Times,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,  Reporters Without Borders,  Sultan

21 Filipinos Are Reported Dead in Election Violence

MANILA In one of the worst incidents of election-related violence in the Philippines in recent memory, a group of 36 people including lawyers and journalists were kidnapped by armed men on Monday, and military officials said that 21 of them had been ...

From CARLOS H. CONDE, International Herald Tribune,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sultan

Estrada Begins Unlikely Comeback in Philippines

QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES — It was an improbable sight: a slightly hunched man, with a gait that suggested either his age (72) or infirmity (a bad back and knees that required replacement surgery), beating up a taller opponent no older than 30. The ...

From CARLOS H. CONDE, The New York Times,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Joseph Estrada,  Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Storm may be over, but trouble still brews

MANILA, Philippines — Nearly a month since a tropical storm dumped unprecedented amounts of rain that flooded much of Metro Manila and its nearby provinces, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos are still suffering from its aftermath, particularly from an ...

From CARLOS H. CONDE, Global Post,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: World Health Organization

Groundbreaking Birth Control Bill Has Powerful Enemies in Philippines

MANILA — Gina Judilla already had three children the first time she tried to terminate a pregnancy. “I jumped down the stairs, hoping that would cause a miscarriage,” she said. The fetus survived and is now an 8-year-old boy. Three years later, ...

From CARLOS H. CONDE, The New York Times,  25 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  United Nations

Misery and Illness Persist in Philippine Typhoons' Wake

MANILA — A month after parts of the Philippines were devastated by successive typhoons, tens of thousands of people remain homeless and more than 150 have been killed by waterborne diseases, officials said. Relief workers are particularly concerned ...

From CARLOS H. CONDE, The New York Times,  25 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Department of Health,  World Vision,  Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Typhoons Hit Small Businesses in Philippines Hard

MANILA — The back-to-back typhoons that struck the Philippines in the past three weeks have devastated the country’s small entrepreneurs — the backbone of the economy — making recovery much more difficult. And the government is too stretched to help, ...

From CARLOS H.CONDE, International Herald Tribune,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Nestor, Inc.,  Dow Jones,  Department of Trade and Industry,  Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Battered Philippines Struggles to Regain Footing

MANILA — Using picks, shovels and their bare hands, rescuers and volunteers continued Sunday to search for bodies buried by dozens of landslides in the Philippines, as the country struggled to get back on its feet after being struck by successive ...

From CARLOS H. CONDE, International Herald Tribune,  11 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Santos, Ltd.

Landslides in Philippines Kill Almost 100

MANILA Almost 100 people died after landslides triggered by Typhoon Parma buried dozens of houses in the northern Philippines, local officials and news agencies reported Friday. Thirty-four houses were reportedly buried late Thursday in a village in La ...

From CARLOS H. CONDE, The New York Times,  9 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Nestor, Inc.,  Santos, Ltd.

Storm-Battered Philippines Struggles to Clean Up

MANILA More than a week after Typhoon Ketsana devastated the Philippines, large areas of the Manila metropolitan area and nearby provinces remain flooded, and residents face a host of other problems, including disease and ruined crops, according to ...

From CARLOS H. CONDE, The New York Times,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  World Vision

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