Oil is continuing to leak from a tanker which sank off the Philippines 11 days ago, according to coastguard officials. The tanker was carrying around two million litres of oil when it sank in heavy…

MANILA : A Japanese salvage vessel has been sent to the central Philippines to inspect a sunken, oil-laden tanker responsible for the country's worst ever oil spill, the tanker's charterer said Wednes…

PHILIPPINES: August 23, 2006 ILOILO CITY, Philippines - Sludge has washed up on Panay, a large island in the central Philippines, as an oil spill from a sunken tanker spread, threatening rich fishin…

LILIW, Philippines – Philippine soldiers armed with shovels, hammers and paint brushes have poured into farming villages south of Manila in a kinder, gentler part of a fresh offensive against a …

Government officials have appealed to detractors to let the Melo Commission, announced by Arroyo on Sunday, to carry out its work and have promised to respect its independence. The number of politi…