Manila
(2002 Metropolitan Manila est. pop. 10 million). Manila is the capital and the primary city of the Philippines. Manila proper (1995 population 1.6 million) is the Philippines' second-lar...
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MANILA, Dec 5 (Reuters) - A Philippine soldier who took
part in last week's botched coup attempt was captured at
Manila's international airport on Wednesday before he could
board a flight for the ...
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A powerful blast ripped through three floors of a shopping mall in the heart of Manila's financial district Friday, killing eight people and wounding about 130, authorities said.President Gloria Ma...
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MANILA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Renegade Philippine soldiers who
had holed up in a Manila hotel on Thursday calling for the
overthrow of the government surrendered after elite forces
battered down the ...
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MANILA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The Philippines and United
States have renewed for another five years a
military-to-military agreement to exchange goods and services
during war games, a foreign affairs...
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MANILA, Nov 16 (Reuters) - The Philippines and the
country's largest Muslim rebel group have agreed to allow a
team of Swiss demining experts to recover tonnes of unexploded
ordnance in conflict a...
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MANILA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Gunfire was heard in front of a
luxury hotel in Manila, where about two dozen soldiers were
holed up in a mutiny bid along with an indeterminate number of
stranded journ...
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MANILA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Nothing, not even an attempted
coup, was going to stop this wedding. A Filipino couple who were due to hold their wedding
reception at a luxury Manila hotel moved the ve...
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MANILA, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The United States is proposing to
give the Philippines an additional $2 million in military
funding if Manila tackles alleged troop involvement in the
murder and disappea...
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MANILA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Three people were killed and
five injured in the Philippine capital after celebrations to
mark a religious festival turned bloody, police said on Monday. The annual Sant...
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