Victory Liner bus smash at ‘Baguio’s killer curve’ claims two lives
Two are dead and 19 injured after a Victory Liner bus crashed into an electric post on the winding road to Baguio. The bus was en route from Manila to …
Two are dead and 19 injured after a Victory Liner bus crashed into an electric post on the winding road to Baguio. The bus was en route from Manila to …
An Iraqi bomb expert with links to Palestinian fundamentalist group Hamas has been arrested in Angeles City. National police chief Ronald Dela Rosa announced the arrest of Taha Mohamed Al-Jabouri …
Mount Mayon has sent a huge plume of ash and steam 10 kilometres into the sky, prompting respiratory health warnings. The alert level has been raised to four, on a …
A desperate family has released this picture of a seriously ill British man in a bid to raise funds for lifesaving treatment. Ronnie Lord is dangerously emaciated at Our Lady …
A US Army veteran has been shot dead while while taking his regular early-morning jog in Baclayon town, on the island of Bohol. The body of Lonnie Simon Weig, aged …
Beijing dispatched a warship to see off a US missile destroyer which it says has “violated” its sovereignty in the South China Sea. The USS Hopper sailed within 12 nautical …
Seven Filipino-American doctors and nurses died after a van driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a mahogany tree. The accident occurred at about noon today (Saturday, January …
A group of Russian women who were arrested while working as bar girls in Angeles City are set to be deported. According to the Philippine News Agency, the Bureau of …
A German who founded a children’s home for street girls and orphans has been arrested on suspicion of planning to sexually abuse pre-teenage Filipinas. Leif Rothe, also known as Sunny …
It has now been confirmed that the British expat who set fire to a Vietnamese woman in a jealous rage has fled to the Philippines. The suspect, now identified as …
President Duterte has threatened to fire the nation’s top airport officials if just one more incident of baggage theft comes to light. Speaking at the launch of a new Overseas …
A Filipino-Pakistani man has been arrested for sharing revenge porn nude photographs of his ex-girlfriend on social media. Abdul Razaq Bukhari was nabbed by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) cybercrime …
An ash cloud rising from Mount Mayon has provided an uncanny reminder of the volcano’s tragic creation myth. The image, captured by freelance photojournalist Ciriaco Santiago, closely resembles two …
A man accused of dousing a Vietnamese woman with gasoline before setting her on fire has possibly fled to the Philippines. According to local media, the unidentified British man launched …
A fleet of luxury cars — potentially worth millions of dollars — will be crushed rather than auctioned off by the Bureau of Customs. The vehicles, which are now kept …
Filipinos are more likely to own at least one cellphone than have a working toilet in their home, a study has found. Research by the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission found …
Fewer Filipino families consider themselves to be poor, down by about 900,000 families, according to a new quarterly survey. A Social Weather Stations (SWS) poll released today (Wednesday, January 17) …
Cebu Mayor Tomas Osmeña is to deploy mobile jails to lock up violators of his Sinulog Grand Parade alcohol ban. The city mayor warned that individual violators of the ban, …
President Duterte has warned of imminent terror attacks, as the Army reveals that about 50 foreign jihadis are recruiting new fighters in the south of the country. Speaking at the …
An urgent appeal for a rare blood type has been launched to save the life of a British man in an Iloilo hospital. Jason Smith, aged 51, was involved in …
Scientists believe Mount Mayon’s continuing volcanic activity could act as a “facelift” and restore its cone to perfect symmetry. The volcano is often dubbed the “Mount Fuji of the Philippines” …
Sanofi has agreed to reimburse the Philippines for unused doses of an anti-dengue vaccine that has been linked to the deaths of children. The French pharmaceutical giant denied the refund …
A global survey has found that Filipinos are among the most trusting consumers of mainstream media – despite government hostility towards the press. Research by the US-based Pew Research Center …
A record number of foreigners were deported from the Philippines last year, the Bureau of Immigration has announced. More than 1,500 foreigners were thrown out of the country for violating …
Amnesty International has led a chorus of criticism after online news website Rappler was ordered to shut down. It was announced today (Monday, January 15) that the Philippines’ Securities and …
UPDATE: Phivolcs has raised the alert status of Mayon Volcano from Alert Level 2 to Alert Level 3. “For the past 24 hours, Mayon Volcano in Albay province has noticeably …