Oliver Teves

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In this photo released by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, kidnapped German nationals Stefan Okonek, right, and female companion Henrike Dielen disembark from the Philippine Navy vessel upon arrival at dawn Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, at the Western Mindanao Command in Zamboanga city in southern Philippines. Okonek and Dielen, who had been kidnapped and held for six months in the southern Philippines were released Friday by the militant group just hours after it had threatened to behead one of them if no ransom payment was made, the Philippine defense chief said. (AP Photo/Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Mindanao Command) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Philippine militants free 2 kidnapped Germans

Oliver Teves · October 18, 2014 5:01 am

Andres Bautista, head of the Presidential Commission on Good Government, shows reporters some of the rare paintings of European masters that are allegedly part of the collection of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos as he meets the press in suburban Mandaluyong city, east of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. Bautista says the Philippine government has seized at least 15 paintings from the former home of the Marcos, part of efforts to recover 156 artworks included in his alleged ill-gotten wealth. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines seizes 15 paintings from Marcos family

Oliver Teves · October 1, 2014 1:08 pm

A man dives in the background as rescuers use a rubber dinghy to rescue trapped residents after continues heavy monsoon rains spawned by tropical storm Fung-Wong flooded Marikina city, east of Manila, Philippines and most parts of the metropolis Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. Heavy rains due to a storm and the seasonal monsoon caused widespread flooding Friday in the Philippine capital and nearby provinces, shutting down schools and government offices. Local authorities reported thousands were evacuated early Friday from severely inundated communities, some under rapid-flowing flood waters more than neck high.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Floods shut down Philippine capital, 3 killed

Oliver Teves · September 19, 2014 3:54 pm

A man dives in the background as rescuers use a rubber dinghy to rescue trapped residents after continues heavy monsoon rains spawned by tropical storm Fung-Wong flooded Marikina city, east of Manila, Philippines and most parts of the metropolis Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. Heavy rains due to a storm and the seasonal monsoon caused widespread flooding Friday in the Philippine capital and nearby provinces, shutting down schools and government offices. Local authorities reported thousands were evacuated early Friday from severely inundated communities, some under rapid-flowing flood waters more than neck high.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Floods shut down Philippine capital

Oliver Teves · September 19, 2014 10:08 am

National Bureau of Investigation agents secure alleged leader Grandeur Pepito Guerrero, center, of a group who call themselves as USAFE as he arrives for inquest proceedings at the Department of Justice in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. Philippine authorities have arrested Guerrero and two others linked to a group that allegedly planned to set off firebombs at the Manila airport and a mall to protest the government's alleged "soft" stance in its territorial dispute with China.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Anti-China group nabbed for planned Manila attacks

Oliver Teves · September 2, 2014 10:54 am

Train guards gather at the site of an elevated commuter train known as Metro Rail Transit or MRT after it overshot its tracks and derailed at the end station Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, injuring dozens in suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines. Senior Superintendent Florencio Ortilla, who heads the Pasay city police, said the train toppled concrete posts, spraying debris and damaging cars in the crowded intersection. Hernando Cabrera, spokesman of the agency that operates the train system, said the train had a "technical problem" and was being pushed by another when it became detached and rolled into the concrete barrier at the final station on the line. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Philippine train rolls onto busy street, hurts 34

Oliver Teves · August 13, 2014 1:36 pm

Philippine ex-general in kidnapping case captured

Philippine ex-general in kidnapping case captured

Oliver Teves · August 12, 2014 3:49 am

Philippine senator charged with plunder surrenders

Philippine senator charged with plunder surrenders

Oliver Teves · June 20, 2014 7:10 am

3 Philippine senators charged with plunder

3 Philippine senators charged with plunder

Oliver Teves · June 6, 2014 10:50 am

Disasters dampen Philippine economic growth in 1Q

Disasters dampen Philippine economic growth in 1Q

Oliver Teves · May 29, 2014 8:16 am

In this photo taken Feb. 25, 2014 by surveillance planes and released Thursday, May 15, 2014, by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, a Chinese vessel, top center, is used to expand structures and land on the Johnson Reef, called Mabini by the Philippines and Chigua by China, at the Spratly Islands at South China Sea, Philippines. The Philippines has protested China's reclamation of land in the disputed reef in the South China Sea that can be used to build an airstrip or an offshore military base in the increasingly volatile region, the country's top diplomat and other officials said Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The white arrow was added by the source. (AP Photo/Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs)

Philippines releases photos of Chinese reclamation

Oliver Teves · May 15, 2014 9:39 am

Philippines to raise China dispute at ASEAN summit

Philippines to raise China dispute at ASEAN summit

Oliver Teves · May 11, 2014 2:44 am