SABIR: The US has given the Philippines a $15-million surveillance and reconnaissance system to help in the fight against terrorism. Sung Kim, US Ambassador to the Philippines, turned over the …
After a five-day search covering some 13,000 square nautical miles, the US Navy is ending a search and rescue operation for a missing Marine. The Marine commando was reported overboard …
Two Canadians and an American have been arrested in Muntinlupa City for posing as brokers of security firms in an alleged boiler-room scam. Police identified the suspects as Jesse Scott, …
Filipino affiliates of the Islamic State “are cash rich and growing in membership” a United Nations report has warned. The 22nd report of the ‘Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team’ …
Cebu Pacific has launched its new direct Manila to Melbourne service today (Tuesday, August 14) with an all-in seat sale. The special introductory fare of 3,999 pesos — just a …
The elderly Australian professor denied entry to the Philippines has finally left the country after almost a week trapped in an airport. Gill Boehringer, an 84-year-old human rights advocate, boarded …
Human rights activists are urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel President Duterte’s invitation to visit the country next month. Israeli newspaper Haaretz has reported that a human rights …
The American and British embassies in Manila have updated their travel advisories following a warning that Abu Sayyaf was planning a kidnap raid on Palawan. At the same time, however, local …
Palawan’s security forces are on “heightened alert” after intelligence reports suggested that Abu Sayyaf was planning a kidnap raid on the island. In a statement issued yesterday (Sunday, August 12), Lieutenant …
A “ballistic” President Duterte has sacked at least 20 corrupt officials at a military hospital struggling to treat troops injured in combat. It is believed that hundreds of millions of …
An 84-year-old Australian law professor remains trapped at Manila airport, nearly a week after he was barred from entering the Philippines. Gill Boehringer hasn’t been able to leave the airport …
A Filipina bride has won hearts across the world after she was pictured wading through floodwater on her big day in Bulacan province. Jobel Delos Angeles, aged 24, tied …
More than 54,000 people have been moved to safer ground as Metro Manila and nearby provinces are hit by heavy rain and flooding. Social media is awash with calls for …
The Chinese Navy has been recorded threatening Philippine and US military aircraft operating over the South China Sea. A US Navy plane overheard China’s radio message to the Philippines during …
After more than a century, the US Embassy in Manila has announced that the Balingiga Bells will be returned to the Philippines. The American military took the bells from the …
Philippine officials believe that drug smugglers are becoming “bolder” after a ton of ‘shabu’ was slipped past the Bureau of Customs. Speaking yesterday (Saturday August 11), presidential spokesman Harry Roque …
The Philippine government has opened up its airspace and territorial waters to US forces as the desperate search continues for a missing Marine. Today (Saturday, August 11) Defence Secretary Delfin …
An Australian and his Filipina wife have been arrested for fraud after allegedly conning investors in a bogus software company. The National Bureau of Investigation’s Operations Division arrested Michael Ross …
Security services in Palawan are on high alert after receiving a “credible kidnapping threat” related to the Abu Sayyaf terror group. Provincial Peace and Order Council member Teodoro Jose Matta …
A British Muslim convert plotted to launch a terror attack on London’s Oxford Street while on bail for attempting to wage jihad in the Philippines . Lewis Ludlow, aged 26, was …
Defence chiefs believe that last month’s suicide van blast on Basilan Island may have been the work of a Moroccan jihadi. The Islamic State group has already claimed responsibility for …
Pollution in the Philippines could become even more suffocating with a plan to allow the sale of dirtier, but cheaper, diesel oil. The Philippine energy ministry has told oil companies …
Senator de Lima refused to enter a plea on a second count of involvement in the drug trade, eighteen months after first being jailed. Leila De Lima was arraigned for …
The Bureau of Immigration has issued a statement to deny responsibility for detaining an 84-year-old Australian professor at Manila airport. Academic and human rights advocate Gill Boehringer was refused entry …
Detained professor Gill Boehringer has urged the immigration chiefs to allow him a rest and medical check before his deportation. As we reported yesterday (Wednesday, August 8) the 84-year-old academic …
A funeral parlour is accused of renting out the corpse of a woman who was kidnapped and murdered to fake wake operators. It is alleged that an unidentified mortuary sold …