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Makati City Vice Mayor Ernesto Mercado has filed his certificate of candidacy for mayor under the Nacionalista Party of Senator Manuel Villar Jr.

(UPDATE) Protesters calling for justice for victims in the Mindanao massacre booed and threw garbage at Press Secretary Cerge Remonde, who tried to talk to protesters.

(UPDATE 2) Former president Joseph “Erap” Estrada made official his presidential comeback bid as he filed his candidacy for president with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Bonifacio Day.

Stock markets in Dubai and neighboring Gulf emirate Abu Dhabi were set to open sharply lower on Monday as investors in the United Arab Emirates finally get their chance to react to Dubai's debt crisis.

Swiss voters approved Sunday a ban on new minarets being built, with the success of the far-right initiative causing dismay among the Alpine country's tiny Muslim community.

Legitimate and qualified journalists should be allowed by the government to carry firearms in the forthcoming election season, Quezon Representative Danilo Suarez (3rd District-Lakas) said.

Japan plans an extra stimulus of at least $31 billion this fiscal year that would include measures to tackle the surging yen and weak share prices, the top government spokesman said Monday.

Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim and Vice Mayor Isko Moreno, who are both seeking reelection in 2010, filed on Monday their respective certificates of candidacy at the Comelec office in Arroceros, Manila.

(UPDATE) Former Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Monday filed their certificates of candidacy for senator under the Nationalist People’s Coalition.

(UPDATE) Incumbent Senator Pia Cayetano filed her certificate of candidacy for senator at exactly 8:55 a.m. Monday.

Magical girl story to end in next issue of Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine

Norio Sakurai's gag manga about 6th-grade triplets in Weekly Shonen Champion

Live-action Kaiji opens at #1; CG Astro Boy opens at #10

Nōnai Poisonberry romance to launch in Chorus magazine in December

K-ON! #5 is 5th volume in a row to top anime charts