President Duterte is being heavily criticised for his plan to give the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos a Hero’s burial at Libingan Cemetery. Not only are demonstrators upset over Martial Law …
Many are surprised by the sudden appearance of the solid bronze casket which will be Ferdinand Marcos’ final resting place after he is buried at the Hero’s Cemetery on September …
Police on Monday said that one of the police officers named on President Duterte’s drug list is in fact dead. Police Office 3 Filomeno Toronio died of cardiac arrest while …
A man gained access to an aeroplane headed to Singapore at Clark International Airport without a passport or plane ticket. Security officials at the airport are in hot water for allowing …
Leroy Bill Black of Egg Harbor Township near Atlantic City, New Jersey died of lung cancer caused by fiberglass exposure. In his obituary(s) the New Jersey native was simultaneously eulogised …
The Philippines has won its first Olympic medal in 20 years after Mindanao’s Hidilyn Diaz finished the women’s weightlifting category by powerlifting 200kg on Monday. The silver medal is the …
Dole-Stanfilco has sent notice to the Caraga region Department of Labor and Employment, giving notice that they will shut down indefinitely starting this Tuesday. The banana firm, located in the …
Bitcoin, a Florida judge says, is not real money. Ironically, that could provide a boost to use of the crypto-currency which has remained in the shadows of the financial system. …
Australia said on Friday it was suspending funding for relief group World Vision’s operations in the Palestinian Territories after allegations its Gaza representative funneled millions of dollars to the Islamist …
Forty Chinese and Taiwanese nationals held in custody since December 2014 were acquitted of running a cybercrime cell from an upmarket Nairobi suburb on Friday and will be deported. The …
Some higher-ups are questioning President Duterte’s recent list of drug suspects which he laid on recently. Over 158 names were given as drug protectors but one in particular brings to …
President Duterte has named 158 people involved in drugs at a recent speech at Camp Panacan in Davao City. Duterte named seven judges, 52 incumbent and former mayors and vice mayors, …
Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring later this year to fight WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas, his manager said on Wednesday. “Retirement doesn’t suit Manny right now,” Michael Koncz told the …
The Philippines said on Saturday it would within days send government missions to Saudi Arabia to help thousands of jobless Filipinos left stranded across the kingdom after the plunge in …
Singapore said on Friday it had stepped up its border and inland security after Indonesian police arrested six suspected militants on the nearby Indonesian island of Batam suspected of planning …
President Rodrigo Duterte took a swipe at the US Ambassador to the Philippines this week, calling the diplomat ‘bakla’ during a speech in Camp Lapu Lapu in Cebu City on …
Former President Ferdinand Marcos is set to receive a Hero’s Burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery) on September 18. Former Senator, and son of the former president, …
Campaigning in the state of Maine on Thursday, Donald Trump called for hefty immigration restrictions on countries with high rates of terrorism – calling out the Philippines as one of …
Two Saudi Arabians have been arrested in Camp John Hay hotel for the rape of a 16-year-old girl. 33-year-old Abdelrahman Mohamed Rashid Mansouri and 46-year-old Waleed Shamlan Mohamed Shamlan Alshuweihi …
Hundreds of passengers fled an Emirates airliner that crash-landed and caught fire in Dubai Wednesday, resulting in the death of a firefighter and a four-hour shutdown of the busy airport …
Nearly 27 per cent of all seafood consumed in the United States comes from Asia – that translates to millions of pounds of fish, shrimp and other seafood delights each and every …
A Dallas police officer who was visiting in the Philippines for his birthday and wedding died in a scuba diving accident on Tuesday. Police officer Hans Campbell was hit by a boat …
American prisoner Scott McMahon has been acquitted of all charges and set free by a Manila judge on Monday night. Scott McMahon, a Seattle native, held the title of the …
An Austrian woman drowned in the Chico River in Bontoc, Mountain Province, on Tuesday morning. A report on the incident showed that the raft was carrying six tourists, including Judith Kiesl, …
A Dutchman has been hospitalised after he decided to fly to China to be with his online girlfriend. 41-year-old Alexander Pieter Cirk flew to Changsha, China to meet 26-year-old Zhang – …
President Duterte said on Monday that he saw no reason why the Philippine government should talk peace with the Abu Sayyaf group. In a brief statement with the press, the …