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The Court of Appeals froze this month the bank accounts of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO), which is suspected of being used to fund the activities of al-Qaeda-linked groups such as the Abu Sayyaf.

A Manila policeman found himself in jail after he was nabbed by his colleagues for allegedly mulcting money from an American in Ermita district Dec. 18.

Three more Air Force pilots are facing a court-martial over allegations that they moonlighted as pilots for commercial airlines, the Air Force spokesman said. Maj. Augusto de la Pe±a said the pilots, who all have the rank of captain, were being investigated in preparation for court proceedings.

President Gloria Arroyo commended the House's action to drop Cha cha as an act of statesmanship to unify not only the two chambers of the legislature but the whole nation round the issue of Charter change.

Zambales born Rex Hermogino, a Filipino-American from San Diego, California, is the grand prize winner of the 1st Yahoo! Talent Show, garnering 40 percent of all votes cast in the online voting for the music video contest.

LOS ANGELES-The Historic Filipinotown mural, was vandalized for the second time in the three years. The graffiti is tantamount to desecrating the icon of the Filipino American community.

NEW YORK CITY- Around 350 Filipino-Americans converged in Queens this city over the weekend to attend a two-day national conference of Filipino-American organizations and launch a U.S.-wide alliance that would address the various issues affecting the Filipino-American community. Some 30 organizations from 24 cities all over the U.S. attended the conference held at the Kalayaan Auditorium of the Philippine Forum in Elmhurst, Queens. Of the participants, 30 came from outside New York and New Jersey.

WASHINGTON D.C. – Philippine officials have urged the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security during a recent briefing on the overall situation of terrorist organizations in Washington D.C. to help monitor the activities of US-based groups that are sympathetic to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its military arm, the New People’s Army.

WASHINGTON-Congressman Mike Honda was named to the powerful Appropriations Committee for the coming 2007-09 Congress. He becomes the only Asian American in the democratic majority controlling the committee, which has the power to determine spending priorities.

Winning meant I won't ever have to ride the tricycle on my way home again. With my prize money, I'd be able to buy myself a second-hand car.

Almost 300 civilian employees of the National Bureau of Investigations will face the New Year with new smiles thanks to the President husband, Mike Arroyo’s 'Bagong ngiti sa dating ngebu' project.

Filipinos bound for Europe may not bring sardines canned or bottled here because these contain cadmium, a soft bluish white metal said to be toxic, and will be confiscated in any country there, airport officials said.

Waivers by patients won't reduce a hospital's liability for medical malpractice, the Supreme Court ruled recently. The Court verdict ended a 20-year battle for justice by the family of Corazon Nogales, a pregnant woman who died of hemorrhage on May 25, 1976, under the care of the Capitol Medical Center (CMC). The 27-page decision of the Supreme Court 3rd Division judged the hospital equally liable as its resident doctor, Oscar Estrada.

Fitch Ratings called the proposed constitutional change "potentially disruptive" as it projected a slowdown in growth in 2007 with political and security concerns upstaging economic issues.