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Philippine president offers a deal to China: Stop sea aggression and I'll return missiles to US

Jan. 30, 2025 06:29 AM EST

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offered on Friday to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if China halts what he called its “aggressive and coercive behavior” in the disputed South China Sea. The U.S. Army installed the Typhon...

US watchdog launches database on Catholic priests accused of sex abuse of minors in the Philippines

Jan. 29, 2025 05:11 AM EST

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A United States-based watchdog on Wednesday launched an online database on more than 80 Roman Catholic priests who have been accused of sexually abusing minors in the Philippines and said the silence of Filipino bishops on the crimes amounted to a cover-up. ...

Steven Soderbergh: 'I'm the cockroach of this industry. I can survive any version of it'

Jan. 22, 2025 12:21 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Steven Soderbergh isn’t just the director and cinematographer of his latest film. He’s also, in a way, its central character. “Presence” is filmed entirely from the POV of a ghost inside a home a family has just moved into. Soderbergh, who serves as his own...

PGA Tour stays in California and misses a pair of stars at Torrey Pines

Jan. 21, 2025 09:27 AM EST

PGA Tour FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN Site: San Diego. Course: Torrey Pines GC South (Yardage: 7,765. Par: 72) and North (Yardage: 7,258. Par: 72). Prize money: $9.3 million. Winner's share: $1.674 million. Television:...

Filipino Catholics pray for good health and peace in huge procession venerating Jesus statue

Jan. 09, 2025 22:14 PM EST

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — At least 1.8 million mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Thursday in an annual procession in the Philippines that venerates a centuries-old black statue of Jesus. Some said they prayed for good health for their families, an end to tensions in the South China...

Today in History: January 2, Armed militia occupies Malheur refuge in Oregon

Jan. 02, 2025 00:03 AM EST

Today is Thursday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2025. There are 363 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 2, 2016, a heavily armed group led by brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, beginning a 41-day standoff to...

Filipina who won a last-minute reprieve from an Indonesian firing squad seeks clemency

Dec. 18, 2024 01:48 AM EST

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino woman who spent years on death row in Indonesia for drug trafficking, and who was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, said Wednesday she's happy to be back in the Philippines but is asking its president to set her free. Mary Jane Veloso...

Philippine police checking reports that a kidnapped American has died after being shot

Dec. 05, 2024 08:04 AM EST

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police officials said Thursday they are checking reports that a kidnapped American died after being shot twice while resisting his Oct. 17 abduction by gunmen in the country’s south. Elliot Onil Eastman, 26, from Vermont, was shot twice with...

Philippines says China's coast guard fired water cannons and sideswiped its patrol vessel

Dec. 04, 2024 20:01 PM EST

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese coast guard vessels backed by navy ships fired powerful water cannons and blocked and sideswiped a Philippine patrol vessel on Wednesday in renewed aggression at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, Philippine officials said. Philippine coast...

Philippine president says impeaching the vice president, his rival, would be a waste of time

Nov. 29, 2024 00:59 AM EST

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Friday that filing impeachment complaints against the vice president, who is facing a legal storm after publicly threatening to have him killed, would be a waste of time for Congress. It was unclear whether...