Cities officially involved in “Earth Hour” include Aalborg, Aarhus, Adelaide, Atlanta, Bangkok, Brisbane, Canberra, Chicago, Christchurch, Copenhagen, Darwin, Dublin, Hobart, Manila, Melbourne, Montreal, Odense, Ottawa, Perth, Phoenix, San Francisco, Suva, Sydney, Tel Aviv, Toronto and Vancouver.

MANILA, Philippines,  Six Asian countries claim the Spratly Islands -- China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. Disputes among these six parties have led to various minor military skirmishes, the detention of fisherfolk and diplomatic rows in the past three decades.

MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has directed the Department of Education to include five-year-old children in government-run day care centers run to strengthen and expand the DepEd’s pre-school program starting June 2008.

MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's approval ratings have dropped amid a corruption scandal that sparked calls for her resignation, with about one in two Filipinos critical of her performance, according to a survey released Monday.

MANILA, Philippines -- Malacañang downplayed a recent survey showing one of two Filipinos critical of her performance, saying the polls were carried out at the height of the scandal over the allegedly corruption-ridden national broadband network (NBN) deal.

Meanwhile, the following areas continue to be free from toxic red tide: coastal waters of Cavite, Las Piñas, Parañaque, Navotas, Bulacan and Bataan in Manila Bay; coastal waters of Bolinao, Anda and Alaminos in Pangasinan...