Topic: Manny Mogato

Next Philippines leader plans to keep on puffing

MANILA (Reuters) - Senator Benigno Aquino, set to become the Philippines' next president, said Monday he is not ready to quit smoking yet because it could affect his decision making.Aquino, who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day, said there were more ...

Philippines files murder charges for massacre

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine prosecutors filed formal murder charges on Tuesday against a member of a powerful political family for the massacre of 57 people in a suspected clan feud that has stoked tensions ahead of elections next year.Andal Ampatuan Jr, a ...

APEC draft: flexible exchange, interest rates critical

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - APEC finance ministers will call for flexible interest and exchange rates as the group looks at redressing economic balances after the financial crisis, a draft statement from the Pacific Rim grouping said. "We agreed that flexible prices, including exchange rates ...

Philippines sends relief teams in path of typhoon

MANILA (Reuters) - Nearly 150 army trucks loaded with food, water and relief goods rolled out to areas in the northern Philippines already devastated by floods and landslides as another typhoon bore down on the country.Emergency and rescue teams were also sent ...

Army, rebels impose truce in typhoon-hit Philippines

MANILA (Reuters) - Maoist rebels in the Philippines have extended a unilateral ceasefire with government troops to help rebuild areas hit by typhoons where more than 760 people died in landslides and floods, a rebel spokesman said on Friday.Security forces also said ...