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 …
Indonesia has sent a stern warning against illegal fishing – not just to China and other mainland fishermen, but to the Philippines as well. Indonesia is ramping up a major campaign …
Amid continued tensions in the South China Sea, China is reportedly working on plans for floating nuclear power plant technology. According to official Chinese news sources, the country is in the …
Mario Dimaculangan shares a toilet with 130 other inmates in one of the Philippines’ most overcrowded jails, and conditions are getting worse as police wage an unprecedented war on crime. …
Paraguayan authorities got a surprise when they raided a Brazilian drug lord’s jail cell… and found a three-room luxury suite complete with library, kitchen, conference room and plasma TV. Jarvis …
A major earthquake has struck near the Northern Mariana Islands on Friday. A 7.7 magnitude quake was detected by the United States Geological Survey and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. …
Indonesia Friday executed four drug convicts, three of them foreigners, by firing squad, an official said, drawing swift condemnation as Jakarta pushes on with its tough campaign of capital punishment. …
Communist party leader Jose Sison called President Rodrigo Duterte “volatile” for revoking a government ceasefire before NPA rebels could call for their own ceasefire. Duturte gave the deadline of 7pm …
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has asked the Philippines’ central bank to help Bangladesh Bank recover the $81 million that was stolen by hackers in February from its …
Legendary cartoonist Jack Davis has passed away at his home in St Simons, Georgia, he was 91. Founder of MAD Magazine, Davis made history after running parody ads, cartoons and …
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), has announced that tropical depression ‘Carina’ has picked up speed and is advancing in a northwest track. In a bullet released …
A Chinese woman leaving Vietnam had “F*** You” written in her passport by a Vietnamese customs officer apparently angered over the South China Sea issue. A Chinese woman, only known …
Zambales Governor Amor Deloso has claimed that the Chinese are excavating mountains for material to shore up Scarborough Shoal. Gov. Amor Deloso says the soil and rocks dumped by China …
President Duterte’s peace process with the Communist Party of the Philippines seems to be on shaky grounds, even after his SONA speech on Sunday called for the country’s military to …
Just hours before President Duterte gave his SONA speech in Manila, demanding the Armed Forces of the Philippines to stop battling with the Communist rebels, three police and one civilian …