The Philippine immigration chief warned foreign activists on Thursday that they can be deported for taking part in protests after a demonstration by members of the animal rights group PETA.

Muslim Filipino rebels have helped Indonesian terror suspects evade capture by giving them refuge and access to weapons and funds in the southern Philippines, a government report says.

A Philippine appeals court overturned the 2006 rape conviction of a U.S. Marine and ordered his immediate release Thursday, setting off condemnations from activists.

A Philippine governor ordered troops Wednesday to rescue an ailing Italian Red Cross worker held by al-Qaida-linked militants for more than three months in their southern jungle stronghold.

Somali pirates freed a chemical tanker and its 23 Filipino crew members Tuesday after holding them hostage for more than five months, a spokesman for the Philippine ship owner said.

Police in the Philippines claimed credit for freeing a kidnapped Red Cross worker from his al-Qaida-linked captors Saturday, but there was no immediate word on the fate on the last remaining hostage.

Officials in the Philippines say police have rescued a Red Cross worker from his al-Qaida-linked kidnappers three months after he and two colleagues were kidnapped on a southern island.

Philippine officials say a Red Cross worker from Switzerland has been released by al-Qaida-linked militants on a southern island three months after he and two other volunteers were kidnapped.

Ruel de Guzman seemed destined for a life at sea.

Three Red Cross hostages survived two days of fierce jungle clashes that killed three marines and up to seven al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf captors in the southern Philippines, officials said Wednesday.