TRIPOLI, Libya—Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi escaped a NATO missile strike in Tripoli that killed one of his sons and three young grandchildren, a government spokesman said early Sunday. Hours later, Gadhafi’s forces shelled a besieged rebel port in a sign that the air strike had not forced a change in regime tactics. NATO’s attack on [...]
LONDON—When Kate returns to north Wales with Prince William next week, she will begin married life with the knowledge that she only has one real responsibility from now on—producing an heir. “If Kate is not pregnant in the next nine months, she will be defying 200 years of royal tradition,” said Andrew Morton, a biographer [...]
MANILA, Philippines—The Office of the Ombudsman said it did not drag its feet on a plunder complaint filed by former Solicitor General Francisco Chavez against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and members of her Cabinet over the alleged misuse of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) health insurance fund. In a statement, Assistant Ombudsman Evelyn Baliton [...]
MANILA, Philippines—Yemen has committed to ensure the safety of some 1,400 Filipino workers in the country. Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Qirbi made the assurance during a meeting with Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario in Sana’a, the Yemeni capital, on Saturday. The two diplomats discussed “issues of mutual concern” between the Philippines and Yemen. Del Rosario [...]
MANILA, Philippines—Time magazine has named the founder of the Tzu Chi Foundation, Buddhist nun Darma Master Cheng Yen, one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2011. Yen founded the organization in 1966 at the age of 29, starting with 30 supporters—housewives who saved 50 Taiwan cents from their grocery money each [...]
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine military has removed the head of its logistics division from his post pending an investigation into alleged irregular petrol purchases. The allegations against Commodore Teddy Pan, the deputy chief of staff for logistics, are the latest in a string of corruption cases in one of Asia’s most underfunded and ill-equipped militaries. Armed [...]
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines has appealed to the Geneva-based International Organization for Migration (IOM) for help in the evacuation of thousands of Filipino workers fleeing rebellion-torn Libya in what was described as a complex humanitarian operation. Dozens of Filipinos arrived in Manila in small batches at the weekend from Paris, where they were flown by their [...]
