Philippines

India's football friendlies cancelled due to clash with SAFF Cup dates

Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 18, 2013

Indian football team's hopes of rising in FIFA rankings have been dashed with cancellation of two international friendlies against Philippines and Malaysia owing to rescheduling of the SAFF Cup.

7-Eleven owners and managers charged in immigration raids

By Mosi Secret and William K Rashbaum, The New York Times | Tuesday June 18, 2013

More than a dozen 7-Eleven franchises took in more than $180 million in revenue by running a "modern-day plantation system," prosecutors in New York charged on Monday, built on the unpaid labor of dozens of illegal immigrants hired using sham Social ...

Ferry sinks in Philippines killing one dead, 20 missing

Agence France-Presse | Friday June 14, 2013

At least one person died and more than 20 others were missing after a ferry sank in the central Philippines today, authorities said.

12 dead as bus falls off Philippine cliff: police

Agence France-Presse | Saturday June 8, 2013

A bus carrying supporters of a local politician fell off a cliff in the mountainous northern Philippines on Saturday, killing 12 people, a police spokesman said.

Kuwait defends barring expats from morning treatment

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday June 5, 2013

Barring foreigners from public hospitals in the mornings has been criticised as a racist step.

Philippines airport closed after plane overshoots runway

Agence France-Presse | Monday June 3, 2013

Philippine aviation authorities shut down one of the country's busiest airports today after a passenger jet overshot the runway when landing during a rainstorm, officials said.

Quakes kill one in Taiwan, injure nine in Philippines

Associated Press | Sunday June 2, 2013

A strong earthquake jolted Taiwan on Sunday, killing one person and injuring at least 18 others and causing panicked shoppers to rush out of a shaking multi-story department store, officials said.

Philippine quake injures nine people, damages houses

Associated Press | Sunday June 2, 2013

An earthquake rattled a province in the southern Philippines as people slept, injuring at least nine people, damaging dozens of houses and setting off a landslide that partially blocked a road with boulders, officials said on Sunday.

Death toll in Manila explosion rises to 6

Associated Press | Saturday June 1, 2013

The death toll from a powerful explosion that ripped through an upscale apartment complex in the Philippine capital has risen to six, including the crew of a passing delivery van that was hit by debris, authorities said Saturday.

Powerful explosion kills three in Philippines, faulty appliance suspected

Associated Press | Saturday June 1, 2013

A powerful explosion suspected to have been caused by a faulty appliance ripped through a residential building in an upscale district of the Philippine capital on Friday night, killing three people in a passing delivery van that was hit by debris, au...

Tension mounts at South China Sea over territorial dispute

Reuters | Wednesday May 29, 2013

A wrecked navy transport ship perched on a remote coral reef could be the next flashpoint in the South China Sea, where China and five other claimants bitterly dispute territory.

Entrepreneur seeks to offer quality education at fraction of cost

DD Guttenplan, The New York Times | Monday May 27, 2013

When Sunny Varkey was 4 years old, his parents left him in the care of family members in his native India while they "went to seek green pastures" teaching English as a second language in Dubai in the late 1950s, in what was then a sleepy British pro...

11 dead as Philippine troops clash with militants

Agence France-Presse | Saturday May 25, 2013

Eleven people were killed in the southern Philippines early on Saturday as troops clashed with a militant group blamed for the country's deadliest terror attacks, the military said.

Respect Indian sense of national pride: Chinese media

Press Trust of India | Monday May 20, 2013

Underlining that China's "surrounding environment" will suffer if India becomes another Japan or Philippines in confronting it, Chinese media today called for understanding and respect for "Indian sense of national pride".

Nanao Singh, Dilbag Singh enter semifinals of Russian boxing tournament

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2013

Reigning national champion and National Games gold-medallist Nanao was in fine form as he devoured Ladon Rogen of the Philippines in what turned out to be a one-sided contest.