Customs officers have seized more than 1,500 live turtles and tortoises found wrapped in duct tape and abandoned at Manila airport. The reptiles, stuffed into four unclaimed pieces of luggage, …
A man accused of smuggling cocaine into Australia from the Philippines was found not guilty — because he was tricked by a Filipina he met online. Steven Nobbs, aged 34, …
Boracay has bounced back from its six-month closure to see its White Beach listed among the top ten in Asia. The White Beach of Boracay was rated ninth in TripAdvisor’s …
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the US would back the Philippines should there be any “armed attack” on the South China Sea. Pompeo said today (Friday, March 1) …
The Boracay Inter-agency Task Force has ordered 10 establishments to demolish structures for operating without necessary permits and encroaching on the beachfront. The establishments are Steve’s Cliff/Boracay Terraces Resort, Willy’s …
Philippine Airlines is introducing a new Premium Economy class as an affordable and comfortable alternative to full business class. The new class is one of a series of product innovations …
President Duterte has vetoed a bill banning corporal punishment for children, saying he does not share “overly sweeping condemnation” of the practice. It was announced today (Thursday, February 28) that …
The Department of Transportation has conducted the groundbreaking for the Metro Manila Subway System, the first in the country. Speaking in Valenzuela City today (Wednesday, February 27) Transportation Secretary Arthur …
The Philippines, the UK and Australia have launched the first international centre to battle the online exploitation of Filipino children. The combined law enforcement agencies opened the Philippine Internet Crimes …
The Bureau of Immigration will deport an American wanted for distributing child pornography after he was arrested in Angeles City. In a statement today (Wednesday, February 27), Immigration Commissioner Jaime …
President Duterte believes a Colombian drug cartel is at work in the Philippines after bricks of cocaine were found in the nation’s waters. Speaking in Pasay City today (Tuesday, February …
More cocaine bricks have been recovered from the seas of the Philippines, bringing the total number of such finds this month to ten. Police today (Monday, February 25) announced the …
Foreigners resident in the Philippines have until March 1 to go a Bureau of Immigration office and complete their 2019 annual report. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente has stressed that the …
A British man has been arrested after he was accused of trying to shoplift two flat-screen televisions from supermarket in Makati City. Chief Inspector Gideon Ines, Makati police’s assistant chief …
The Bureau of Customs is working to restore systems and facilities for the operations at the Port of Manila after it was gutted by fire. Customs Commissioner Rey Guerrero said …
An American sex offender wanted by his home country for distributing child pornography has been arrested in the Philippines. Department of Justice (DOJ) spokesman Markk Perete identified the fugitive American …
Kim Jong Un has passed through the border city of Dandong en route to his highly anticipated Hanoi summit with US President Donald Trump. Passing over the Friendship Bridge that …
The German foreign ministry has summoned the acting Philippine ambassador to Germany after Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin defended President Duterte’s comments on Hitler. In a tweet today (Friday, February …
Four Australians who planned to sail to the Philippines on a ‘tinny’ fishing boat and join the Abu Sayyaf terror group have been jailed. As we previously reported, the men …
The Bureau of Immigration has barred a 32-year-old Canadian who served time for manslaughter from entering the country. Port Operations Division chief Grifton Medina said Imad Hermiz, was intercepted on …
Next week President of the United States Donald Trump will meet with supreme leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, to undertake the second summit between the …
An American rape suspect and Korean drug smuggler are set to be deported after they were arrested by the Bureau of Immigration in Metro Manila and Quezon province. BI Commissioner …
A driver’s license is the most important thing in a driver’s wallet. In the Philippines, before anyone can legally drive any vehicle, he or she must obtain a driver’s license …
A health chief has urged the public again to take preventive measures against dengue fever amid an increase of cases across the Philippines. In a television interview yesterday (Wednesday, February …
President Duterte has signed the Universal Health Care Act into law which will bring all Filipinos under the government’s health insurance programme. The president signed the landmark legislation during a …
Charges against an Iranian tourist who attacked a policeman have been dropped after her family revealed that she had a medical condition. Fereteh Najafi Marbouyeh, aged 31, was jailed after …