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Swiss hostage escapes from Filipino extremists

December 13, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Swiss hostage made a dramatic escape Saturday from Abu Sayyaf extremists when he hacked a rebel commander and then got shot as he dashed to freedom amid a military bombardment, ending more than two years of jungle captivity in the southern Philippines, officials said.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Abu Sayyaf, Associated Press, Berlin, Chinese, Ewold Horn, Filipino, Lorenzo Vinciguerra, MANILA, Malaysia, Oliver Teves, Roman Catholic Philippines, Rustico Guerrero, Tawi Tawi, Vol 33 No 51 | December 13 - December 19

Powerful typhoon slams into eastern Philippines

December 13, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Teresa Cerojano and Oliver Teves Associated Press LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Hagupit slammed into the central Philippines’ east coast late Saturday, knocking out power and toppling trees in a region where 650,000 people have fled to safety, still haunted by the massive death and destruction wrought by a monster storm last year.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Ben Evardone, Blanche Gobenciong, Cyclone Phailin, Eastern Samar, Gregorio Pio Catapang, Hagupit Filipino, India, Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, Jojo Moro, LEGAZPI, Oliver Teves, PAGASA, Philippines, Senior Inspector Alex Robin, Typhoon Haiyan, Vol 33 No 51 | December 13 - December 19

Typhoon survivors cheer Pacquiao triumph over Rios

November 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Bullit Marquez Associated Press TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) – Thousands of survivors of Typhoon Haiyan erupted into wild

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2013, Ardel Nebasa, Associated Press, DZBB, Filipino, Herminio Coloma, Kelvin Chan, Macau, Manny Pacquiao, Oliver Teves, TV, Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez, Typhoon Haiyan, Vol 32 No 49 | November 30 - December 6, WBO, poverty

Beijing’s rivals protest new passport map

December 1, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Annie Huang The Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has enraged several neighbors with a few dashes on a map, printed in its newly revised passports that show it staking its claim on the entire South China Sea and even Taiwan.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Associated Press, Beijing, Brunei, Chinese Embassy, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, India, Luong Thanh Nghi, Mainland Affairs Council, Malaysia, Oliver Teves, Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert, Philippines, South China Sea, Taiwan, Vietnamese, Vol 31 No 49 | December 1 - December 7

Sen. Benigno Aquino III promises a lean and graft-free Philippine government

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president-apparent and nominees to what he pledged would be a lean, graft-free Cabinet prom­ised last Wednesday to travel over­seas less, investigate corruption and renew peace talks on ending decades-long insurgencies.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Associated Press, Benigno Aquino Jr, Corazon Soliman, Ferdinand Marcos, Hrvoje Hranjski, MANILA, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, New People, Oliver Teves, President Corazon Aquino, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President Joseph Estrada, Social Welfare, Teresa Cerojano, Teresita Deles, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21

Filipino court overturns U.S. Marine rape conviction

May 2, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court has overturned the rape conviction of a U.S. Marine from Missouri whose case became a rallying point for activists demanding American forces leave the country.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Associated Press, Daniel Smith, Filipino, Jose Justiniano, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez, Lance Cpl, MANILA, Oliver Teves, Philippine Appeals Court, Philippine Supreme Court, Philippines, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Renato Reyes, United States, Visiting Forces Agreement, vol 28 no 19 | May 2 - May 8

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