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(UPDATE) Typhoon Santi (international codename: Marinae) continued to move away from the country, bringing improved weather conditions across the city’s capital, the state-run weather bureau reported late Sunday.

The government on Sunday rejected a $2-million ransom demand by the kidnappers of an elderly Irish Catholic priest in the troubled south but said it would continue efforts to ensure his release.

Two people were hurt in a robbery on All Saints’ Day Sunday, police said.

HONG KONG—Asian currencies ended the week mixed against the dollar as concerns over the strength of the United States economic recovery saw investors become more risk averse and retreat from higher-yielding currencies.

An advocacy group has called on concerned government agencies to draft better provisions that would strengthen the rights of Filipino migrants working in different countries across the world.

The Department of Foreign Affairs-Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs should press the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to thoroughly investigate the reported death of an overseas Filipino worker, a migrants’ group said in a statement.

The death toll left by typhoon “Santi” (international codename: Mirinae) rose to 14 on Sunday, as four people remain missing, the National Disaster Coordinating Council said.

The goodwill ship M/S Fuji Maru will arrive at Pier 13 of the Manila South Harbor on November 12, 2009 for a four-day port-of-call visit as part of the 36th Ship for Southeast Asia Youth Program (SSEAYP), the Japanese embassy said in a statement.

MOSCOW, Russia—At least six people were killed when a Russian interior ministry transport plane crashed Sunday in the far-eastern Yakutia region, Ria-Novosti said.

Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero’s break from big business and his avowed pro-labor and pro-people stands on specific issues makes him a viable presidential candidate, the militant labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno said in a statement.