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Philippine military and commercial aircraft will keep flying over disputed areas in the South China Sea despite Chinese warnings over the airspace, President Benigno Aquino said on Monday. "We will still fly the routes that we fly based on the international law from the various conventions we entered into," Aquino told reporters when asked whether the Philippines accepted China's position. The Chinese military last week ordered a US Navy P-8 Poseidon surveillance plane away from airspace above the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea.

MANILA — The Philippines said Friday it may quickly withdraw from a United Nations peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights because of security concerns, following the abduction of four Filipino troops. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said he had made a recommendation to President Benigno Aquino to pull out the more than 300 troops from the area. "As soon as he says go, we will undertake to do that as soon as possible," del Rosario told reporters. Syrian rebels seized the four Filipino peacekeepers at an observation post in the Golan Heights on Tuesday, two months after 21 Filipino...

No ‘Newt-’ New Year Dragon of 2012- Gingrich, or ‘Axed Judiciary’ as Aquino’s Philippines by John P. Roco Sunday, 18 December 2011 19:51 Hawaii Standard Time What timing: December 12, 2012- Supreme Court Chief justice of the Philippines Renato Corona impeached at the bequest of President Aquino backers of the House of Representatives for eight Articles, the first saying: “he has consistently sided with the (arroyo) administration in politically-significant cases” (Article I also contests- as Aquino does- the constitutionality of the ‘midnight appointment’ of Corona by then President Arroyo on May 12, 2010). Three days later: December 15, 2012- Newt...