US urges Taiwan Philippine to cool tensions

Taiwan has already been stopped processing work applications from Philippine workers, and recalled its envoy to the Philippines

The US has voiced concern after Taiwan imposed more measures against the Philippines over the death of a fisherman.

Posted by Unknown 5/16/2013

Five dead in Philippines volcano eruption

Five people are thought to have been killed when one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes erupted, throwing rocks on to a party of foreign climbers and their Filipino guides.

Several members of the party were also seriously hurt following Tuesday's eruption of the Mayon volcano in Albay province.

Three German climbers and a Filipino guide are among the dead, according to Albay provincial governor Joey Salceda.
Posted by Unknown 5/07/2013

Illegal infant trade increases in Philippines

Impoverished mothers fall victim to booming trade in orphans, while some are professional "baby makers".

Hundreds of thousands of children in the Philippines are orphaned every year, and many are abandoned by parents who are too poor to care for them.

Many of the mothers have even become known as "professional baby makers".
Fewer than 300 of those children are legally adopted in the country, but there is a thriving illegal trade in infants.
Source: Aljazeera Posted by Unknown 4/22/2013