Phillipines
Manny Pacquiao 'in negotiations' to fight Amir Khan
Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao on Thursday said he was "in negotiations" to face British fighter Amir Khan, after weeks of conflicting reports over his next bout.
Philippine bank president goes on leave amid $81m dirty money investigation
Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) president Lorenzo Tan has gone on indefinite leave of absence on the heels of the government’s probe on the US$81 million in dirty money that slipped...
BB fund heist: Philippines bank manager ‘not telling truth’
Maia Santos-Deguito is not telling investigators the truth behind the money laundering of US$81 million that has once again put the Philippines on the map of notorious countries.
Banker in midst of heist controversy
Maia Santos-Deguito, manager of Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation's (RCBC) Jupiter Street branch in Makati City of the Philippines is feeling the heat of the allegation of laundering $81...
2 Chinese diplomats shot dead in Philippines
Two Chinese diplomats are killed and a third wounded after a woman opened fire at a restaurant in the central Philippine city of Cebu.
Gunmen kidnap tourists, local woman in Philippines
Two Canadians, a Norwegian and a local woman have been kidnapped from a tourist resort in the southern Philippines, the military has said.
7 odd ways to go to school
Bangladesh, takes its education seriously but it is not alone in its incredible story of children defeating the odds just to reach school.
38 dead as Philippine ferry capsizes
At least 38 people dies after a passenger ferry capsized off the coast of Leyte in the central Philippines.
Myanmar navy stops reporters approaching migrant island
Myanmar's navy refuses to let journalists approach a island where over 700 migrants are said to be held.
Only 1 body per grave found at trafficking camps: Malaysia
The 139 graves uncovered near people-smuggling camps in northern Malaysia appear to hold only one body each, says Malaysia's deputy home minister.
Entire communities in Thailand helping traffickers: BBC
As the trade in human beings becomes more and more profitable, the BBC's Jonathan Head discovers that entire communities in Thailand are helping the traffickers.