Philippines

Iran and the Philippines have signed two cooperation agreements in the field of agriculture as the two countries express their willingness to expand bilateral ties in economy and trade.

One has been confirmed dead in a helicopter crash in Guimba, Nueva Ecija, on Saturday, February 1.

EghtesadOnline: The Philippines vowed to destroy those behind twin bombings that killed 20 people during a Sunday church service in the country’s restive south, six days after a referendum on autonomy for the mainly Muslim region returned an overwhelming “yes” vote.

EghtesadOnline: The body of 22-year-old pedicab driver Eric Sison lies in a coffin in a Manila slum with a chick pacing across his casket, placed there in keeping with a local tradition to symbolically peck at the conscience of his killers.