Jason Gutierrez
latest news & developmentsEmotional return for 23 Filipinos freed by Somali pirates
Twenty-free Philippine sailors abducted more than five months ago by Somali pirates returned home Saturday for an emotional reunion.
Security chiefs cite plot to kill Philippines president
Philippines security officials said on Thursday they had uncovered a plot by Islamic militants linked to the al-Qaeda network to assassinate President Gloria Arroyo. Her security…
Hope and despair one year after Philippine mudslide
Ricardo Sibunga works tirelessly under a steady downpour, his sweat and tears mixing as he and 20 men and women race against time to finish a small chapel on a muddy patch that…
Storms in Philippines: 1 400 dead or missing
Relief agencies battled bad weather to deliver supplies to storm-ravaged areas of the Philippines on Monday as the toll of dead and missing from two storms in one week exceeded…