A U.S. national living in the city of Makati, a part of Metro Manila, was stabbed to death by four men just outside of the gate to his residential community yesterday. The victim, George Anikow, was initially identified as a diplomat himself, with police chief Manual Lucban confirming he'd received a call from the US…

The Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center — a maximum security prison in the Philippine City of Cebu — is best known for its controversial method of rehabilitation: Elaborately choreographed dance routines featuring hundreds of the detention center's inmates.

Okay, it was fine when it was just the naked guy running around Hillary Clinton, but now what's this latest distraction for Hillary Clinton on her trip to the Pacific? Some "youthful, left-wing protesters" have sabotaged her convoy with red paint, in the Phillipines! Fortunately, everyone survived.

Are you a Filipino woman displaced by separatist fighting, and unable to sell your goods at market thanks to a closed-down road? Why not band together with your fellow woman at the sewing cooperative and withhold sex from your husbands until they stop fighting and re-open the road? It worked for the women of Dado,…

[A firebreather performs during Lunar New Year celebrations in Manila, Philippines, today. Image via Getty]

Early in the morning on New Year's Day, a Philippine politician took a snapshot of his family outside their home. Seconds later, he was shot and killed by a gunman, who was also captured in the picture aiming a pistol.

[A young boy pisses off a tiger (behind glass) with his paper horn at the Malabon Zoo in the Philippines today. Image via AP]

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III — single, and quite the ladies' man — has pleaded with gossip-mongering local reporters to stop cramping his style because they're scaring all the eligible women away. And now he's spending Christmas alone. [Philippine Star]

The U.S. Embassy has issued an apology to Filipino President Benigno Aquino III for staging his meet-and-greet with President Obama in front of an upside flag of the Philippines on Friday. "This was an honest mistake," said an American spokesperson.

[Kids in the Philippines participate in a disaster drill meant to simulate a flood. Photo via AP]

Doctors in the Philippines say a newborn baby is OK after being found inside an airplane's trash can on a Gulf Air flight from Bahrain. An airport nurse said: "After he was cleaned, he let off a soft cry." [NYDN]

During last night's Miss Universe pageant, judge William Baldwin asked Miss Philippines, "What is one big mistake that you've made in your life, and what did you do to make it right?" Her response? She's made no mistakes! Video inside.

Har har, politicians always lie. Except this Filipino politician. Slogan: "I will do my best but I can't promise anything." His stance on health care? "Sure, health care is a human right. Whaddaya want me to do about it?" (Via)

People exaggerate on the Internet. Please know that I'm not exaggerating now when I say that this video—of a drag queen lip-syncing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You"—is one of the scariest things I've ever witnessed.

Easter is the best holiday for sadists, as Catholics worldwide bloody themselves imitating the passion of Christ, just like Mel Gibon's torture porno with that name. It's also rural Filipinos' annual season of infamy, for literally nailing themselves to crosses.

Between a lava-and-ash explosion expected to ruin Christmas, the 57-person massacre perpetrated by elected officials, and the prison that lost nearly half its population to an epic jailbreak, the Philippines' year-end retrospectives may not be very fond. [AP]