Manila - The Philippines' unemployment rate inched up to 8 per cent in April from 7.4 per cent a year ago as industries struggle with skyrocketing oil prices, the government said Tuesday.

Manila - Islamic militants released on Friday two marine intelligence officers they held captive for two days on a southern Philippine island, a navy spokesman said.

Manila - The Philippine military on Monday rejected warnings by Muslim separatist rebels that hostilities would escalate in the country's troubled south without international peacekeepers monitorin

Manila - An Army lieutenant was killed Monday in an attack by communist rebels in a remote northern Philippine town, a military report said.