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The government will go to the Supreme Court and appeal the case of the labour department which has been calling for strict requirements for recruiters who take Filipino workers abroad, labour officials said.

Eight Bangladeshis wearing Santa Claus costumes were arrested on Thursday when three of them were found to be on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) list of suspected terrorists, the Bureau of Immigration said in a report.

Representatives of the Indonesia and the Philippines have discussed details of an agreement that would allow Filipino fishermen in Indonesian waters, particularly in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), bordering the Muslim-dominated southern Philippines, a senior official said.

Suspected communist guerrillas burned another privately-owned mobile communications relay tower in southern Luzon over the weekend in what could be part of rebel offensives to mark next month's 34th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), a regional military spokesperson said.

Eleven people, including five soldiers, were killed in two separate clashes yesterday between  soldiers and the communist New People's Army (NPA) in central and southern Luzon, the military said.

The United States would consider giving more military aid to the Philippines to deny the Al Qaida extremist network a new Southeast Asian base, Washington's military chief said yesterday.

Troops in southern Philippines, Davao Oriental captured a highway on Saturday where communist guerrillas had set up a checkpoint.

Top-brass military officials denied on Saturday that ransom negotiations are on for the release of American missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham from the Abu Sayyaf and that it is approved by the U.S. government.

The government is beefing up security around Malacañang Palace in preparation for the anniversary of the May 1 riot staged by supporters of ousted President Joseph Estrada just after the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo government was installed.

The former head of a business school's IT section was arrested yesterday for hacking into the school's computer network, the National Bureau of Investigation said in a press statement.

The Philippines Coast Guard recently nabbed a group of Chinese and Indonesians suspected of fishing illegally off northern Luzon.

Police posted the picture of Pentagon kidnap leader Tahir Alonto in police stations all over central and western Mindanao, southern Philippines, said Philippine National Police (PNP Chief Leandro Mendoza.