Reuters - Deposed Philippine president Joseph Estrada struck a defiant note in his opening testimony in his plunder trial on Wednesday, dismissing accusations he amassed $80 million from state coffers and bribes while in office.

AP - Former President Joseph Estrada said Tuesday he has been notified by an American court that U.S. authorities bugged his telephone conversations with an FBI analyst accused of revealing U.S. government secrets.

Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Ex Philippine President Joseph Estrada announced on Tuesday that a U.S. Court notified him that authorities bugged his telephone conversations. The announcement says that all conversations with an FBI analyst accused of revealing U.S....

Philippine ex-President Joseph Estrada is set to take the witness stand for the first time in his plunder trial.

Reuters - The Philippine military will not go on a witch hunt as it probes the extent of soldiers' involvement in a foiled coup attempt last month, Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz said on Monday.

Reuters - The Philippine government said on Monday it was considering dropping rape charges against three U.S. marines in favor of a lesser charge but would pursue the case against a fourth marine.

AFP - Military investigators are recommending criminal charges against a general and at least 14 other officers and soldiers for alleged involvement in a failed coup attempt against President Gloria Arroyo.

AP - Philippine police on Friday arrested a former Cabinet secretary for illegal assembly and two suspected followers of a former senator wanted for his alleged role in last month's thwarted coup, officials said.

Reuters - A Philippine judge ordered four U.S. marines, accused of raping a 22 year-old Filipino woman, to appear in court next week to submit their pleas, marking the start of their trial.

Reuters - Rogue soldiers face tough action by the Philippine government to discourage coup plots after moves to rehabilitate "habitual delinquents" failed, Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz said on Monday.

AFP - Twenty-five soldiers including eight officers have been detained, accused of involvement in an alleged coup attempt against President Gloria Arroyo, senior military sources said.

AFP - A mid-level Philippines military officer has been detained in a widening crackdown over an alleged coup plot against President Gloria Arroyo, the military said.

Reuters - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo maintained it was business as usual in the Philippines on Monday after the end of emergency rule, but the government was keeping the heat on media and its propaganda campaign on full blast.

Reuters - Manila's hunt for coup plotters has delayed the final stage of informal talks between the Philippine government and Muslim rebels to end nearly 40 years of conflict in the country's south, a negotiator said on Monday.

AFP - Philippine President Gloria Arroyo lifted a state of emergency designed to thwart an alleged coup plot but which critics said was threatening freedom of expression and deterring investment.

Philippine President Gloria Arroyo lifts the state of emergency imposed a week ago amid an alleged coup plot.

AP - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo lifted a week-old state of emergency on Friday, after her security advisers assured her that the threat of a coup has eased.

Reuters - Philippine police said two blasts in Manila on Friday happened beside the local office of an elite police SWAT team but could not confirm the cause.

Reuters - Two blasts were heard in a busy shopping district in the Philippine capital on Friday morning, television station ANC reported.

Reuters - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will make a statement later on Friday, a spokesman said, amid expectations that she would lift a state of emergency invoked after the discovery of a coup plot.