http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/tags/philippines.htm Latest news stories from around the world. Radio Australia News nospam@your.abc.net.au nospam@your.abc.net.au 2008-11-21T22:02:23+11:00 2008-11-21T22:02:23+11:00 Officials in the Philippines say at least five people have been killed after a landslide demolished part of a shanty town in the south of the country.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2426815.htm2008-11-21T22:02:23+11:00A suspected cholera outbreak in the southern Philippines has killed at least two people.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2424483.htm2008-11-19T22:20:42+11:00Three Filipino guest workers died in the Northern Marianas when their car collided with a power pole early Sunday morning.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2422350.htm2008-11-18T09:13:06+11:00Philippines senate president, Manuel Villar, who is widely considered as a contender for the next Philippines presidential election, has voluntarily resigned from his post.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2422221.htm2008-11-17T22:53:04+11:00South Korean officials say gunmen have hijacked a Japanese-managed cargo ship off the coast of Somalia, carrying 18 Filipinos and five South Koreans.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2421034.htm2008-11-16T20:13:45+11:00The Philippine Commission on Human Rights is sending a team to Malaysia to look into alleged abuses of Philippine illegal migrants.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420748.htm2008-11-15T17:11:24+11:00The exploitation of some workers under Australia's temporary workers visa program, has led to a government review.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420542.htm2008-11-14T22:10:44+11:00The Philippine military says it has killed at least 15 Muslim rebels in renewed fighting in the southern island of Mindanao.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2419338.htm2008-11-14T10:34:37+11:00The Philippine government has called on the owner of a Philippine chemical tanker to work for the immediate release of 23 Philippine sailors abducted by Somali pirates off North Africa.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2418768.htm2008-11-13T20:52:53+11:00Australian banana growers say allowing bananas grown in the Philippines into the country would devastate the local industry.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2418439.htm2008-11-13T11:35:57+11:00Heavily armed pirates have seized a Philippines cargo ship off Somalia and taken 23 crew members hostage.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2416998.htm2008-11-12T07:54:41+11:00Ten rebels of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have been killed while 15 others were wounded in fresh fighting with security forces in the southern Philippines this week.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2416933.htm2008-11-12T07:54:41+11:00International investors have condemned the Philippines government for what they call a land-grab on Boracay island that has been developed as a holiday destination.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2416456.htm2008-11-11T14:02:16+11:00