Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed the “urgent” need to build a powerful navy as the country prepares for live-fire drills in the Taiwan Strait. Xi made the remarks during …
President Duterte has apologised to Aung San Suu Kyi for claiming that genocide was taking place in Myanmar. Referring to his recent comments today (Friday, April 13) the president claimed …
The Philippines is having a “hard time” cutting the “unacceptably high” death toll on its roads, the UN General Assembly has been told. Speaking in New York today (Friday, April …
A Filipina maid who was scalded with boiling water by her Saudi Arabian employer is due to arrive home after a four-year battle for justice. Pahima Alagasi set off for …
Four Chinese gangsters were among eight people arrested during a raid on a shabu laboratory in Batangas province. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), were supported by the police and …
Despite President Duterte ruling out plans for a Boracay casino, the country’s gambling regulator has suggested that it could go ahead — so long as it’s green. In a statement …
President Duterte has apologised to Hong Kong for the death of eight tourists from the city state in the 2010 Manila hostage crisis. The president’s words today (Thursday, April 12) …
A congressman has supported calls for an investigation into the death of American film-maker Jesse Phinney in a Cebu police cell. National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) officers said they found …
President Duterte did not give his blessing to the building of a $500 million casino resort on Boracay, a Malacañang spokesman has said. The president himself denied supporting the bid …
A group of Catholic devotees have proclaimed a miracle after saying they saw the sun “dancing” in the sky. The worshippers were celebrating the feast of Divine Mercy on Sunday …
A British man found dead in a roadside fishpond in Dagupan City may have fallen victim to a hit-and-run driver. The body of Gerald Thomas Higgins was discovered at 6.10am …
A convicted British child abuser has been deported after living as a fugitive in San Fernando, Cebu, for the past three years. Leslie Charles Russon, aged 52, was jailed in …
North Korea’s state media has reported Kim Jong Un’s first public statement about a possible summit with President Trump. Last month, President Trump agreed to hold talks with the nuclear-armed …
President Duterte said he hopes for intensified military co-operation with China when he met Xi Jinping in Hainan. The two leaders held a bilateral meeting at the Boao State Guesthouse …
A Virginia man has pleaded guilty to paying women in the Philippines to live-stream the sexual abuse of children as young as six. The Eastern District of Virginia US Attorney’s …
An enormous squid landed on the southern island of Tawi-Tawi is believed to have been a youngster — with much more growing yet to do. The huge specimen was hauled …
After years of rumours and false starts, it has been confirmed that Ikea is setting up shop in the Philippines. The Swedish furniture company has chosen Manila’s SM’s Mall of …
A British man who sparked outrage by organising naked carabao rides on Siargao Island has been arrested for marijuana possession. Liam Cox, aged 32, was among four people caught during …
President Duterte has urged Congress to speed-up the impeachment of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, declaring himself her “enemy”. The nation’s top judges is one of several high-profile critics who …
A 61-year-old Dutchman, who was declared persona non grata by a town council in Cebu, will be deported for being an “undesirable alien”. Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente today …
American Daniel Gruen made a desperate plea for mercy after being arrested during a drug raid in Makati this weekend. A televised report by ABS-CBN showed a fearful and sweat-drenched …
A lawmaker has called for the introduction of a $25 travel tax on foreign visitors to help fund tourist welfare services. Congressman Luis Raymund Villafuerte says that all tourists visiting …
President Duterte has advised President Trump not to be afraid to kill drug dealers — and suggested that he should throw them into the Atlantic Ocean. The presidential advise was …
A lawmaker has revealed that more than 5,000 overseas Filipino workers have tested positive for HIV or AIDS and blamed exposure to “foreign cultures”. Congressman Aniceto “John” Bertiz III said …
Of the estimated 80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war who took part in the infamous Bataan Death March 76 years ago, only three are still alive. Records at the …
The police unit that claimed American filmmaker Jesse Phinney hanged himself with a belt in a Cebu jail cell are now being investigated. Yesterday, we reported how a US pathologist, …