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Over half mln people affected by El Nino in S. Philippines

Over half a million Filipinos in southern Philippines have been affected by drought due to prolonged El Nino phenomenon, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Thursday.

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Philippine gov't hopes for resolution of Maguindanao massacre by 2016

The Philippine government on Wednesday expressed hope that the Maguindanao massacre case would be resolved on or before June 2016.

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Philippine gov't vows to intensify hunt for Maguindanao massacre suspects

The Philippine government vowed on Friday to intensify efforts to find and prosecute 88 suspects in the Maguindanao massacre, considered the most gruesome mass murder of 58 innocent civilians, including 34 media workers in southern Philippines.