Philippine Focus

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  Filipinas' heart-rending overseas saga...

  43 OFWs return home allege physical abuse by Kuwaiti employers

• Pinay ‘comfort women’ act against ‘crass’ remark

  A group of Filipinas forced to serve as “comfort women” for the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II have asked

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  Hollywood action star Vin Diesel arrives in Manila

  Other ‘Fast and Furious 6’ cast members also arrive for their movie premiere

• Celebrities win big in Philippine mid-term elections

  Christopher De Leon, Annabelle Rama and Joey Marquez among the big losers

• Taiwan halts hiring Filipinos; Manila calls for calm

  Over shooting of Taiwanese fisherman in Philippine waters

• Philippines extends schooling to 13 years

  Philippine President Benigno Aquino signed a law Wednesday giving children three extra years of schooling, one of his

• Man with no legs climbs four floors to vote

  Philippines’ midterm elections ‘generally peaceful and organised’

• Philippine senator’s armed supporters arrested

  Ramon Revilla’s wife, brother seek reelection while son wants to be governor

• Marcos clan wins big in Philippine elections

  The family of dead dictator Ferdinand Marcos enjoyed easy wins in Philippine elections, official data showed Tuesday,

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  Filipino director's 'Bataan Death March' entry at Cannes

  A film that weaves together stories of the anguish and desperation of American and Filipino soldiers during the

• Syrian rebels release 4 Filipino peacekeepers

  hey were abducted on May 7 by Yamouk Martyrs Brigade

• ‘Majority in Philippine Senate are adulterers’

  Feisty senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago defends senatorial bet Risa Hontiveros, an advocate of women’s issues

• Foreign observers watching Philippine elections

  52 million registered voters expected to troop to polling precincts on Monday

• Philippines warned after shooting of fisherman

  Taiwan has issued an ultimatum to the Philippines to make an official apology to the family of a Taiwanese fisherman

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  Manny Pacquiao to hang up his gloves?

  Trainer says 3 straight losses and he will be asked to retire; boxer to fight America’s Brandon Rios at welterweight

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  Philippines beauty queen’s personal life on the rocks

  Venus Raj was the 4th runner-up at 2010 Miss Universe beauty pageant

• Manila may pull peacekeepers from Golan

  The Philippines said on Friday it may quickly withdraw from a United Nations peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights

• Manila condemns abduction of 4 Pinoys

  MANILA: The Philippines has called for the immediate release of four Filipino peacekeepers seized in Golan Heights, as

• Philippine poll ban on booze, money blocked

  Efforts by the Philippine election commission to curb rampant vote-buying and alcohol consumption before elections next

• PBA Stars send Shanghai Sharks home winless

  Filipinos use ‘hustle, quickness and outside shooting’ to slay the towering Chinese