Three people were killed in an ambush in Don Carlos, Bukidnon yesterday. Killed were 60-year-old Abraham Tan Less Chuy, a Chinese contractor from Quezon City, 60-year-old Romeo Labis and 48-year-old …
The National Bureau of Investigation is hunting for seven people involved with the ‘One Lightening Corp.’ a pyramid marketing firm that scammed people out of as much as 500 million pesos. One Lightening Corp. was …
Tired and emotional, former Italian priest Rolando del Torchio sat in a hospital, finally free after his captors were paid a 29-million peso ransom. Del Torchio said he wants to set aside …
As foreigners and Ceubuanos head to the beach and other resort and summer time getaways, the Cebu Provincial Board has passed two new resolutions aimed and securing the safety of …
With the recent release of Rolando del Torchio, the current count of foreigners kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf (directly or indirectly), stands at four. A recent count by the AFP media group …
A United States Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol plane discovered three men on an uninhabited island in Micronesia on Thursday. The plane was operating out of Misawa, Japan when it …
The Philippines on Monday launched the first public immunisation programme for dengue fever, seeking to administer to a million schoolchildren the world’s first licensed vaccine against a mosquito-borne disease that …
U.S. Embassy, Manila, Philippines Message for U.S. Citizens: Cebu Consular Agency accepting Consular Reports of Birth Abroad April 8, 2016 THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES IS TRANSMITTING THE FOLLOWING …
The US has allocated more than $120 million in military aid to the Philippines this year, the most in about 15 years, a senior Philippine diplomat said on Friday, amid …
Islamist terrorists on a remote Philippines island have again threatened to execute a pair of Canadian men if ransom isn’t paid soon. The violent Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf wants …
A retired Italian priest abducted six months ago by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants has been released, police and the Italian government say. Rolando Del Torchio was picked up at a …
The three largest US airlines have changed the way they price multi-city trips, forcing those who book such itineraries to pay hundreds of extra dollars in airfare. Most fliers buy …
The European Union executive is considering whether to make US and Canadian citizens apply for visas before traveling to the bloc, a move that could raise tensions as Brussels negotiates …
Marcventures Holdings, one of the Philippines’ biggest nickel miners, has said it was considering building a processing plant and acquiring a mining company to boost output and exports. If the …
The US Navy will seek $81.4 billion to buy 38 warships, submarines and support vessels over the next five years, according to new budget figures from the service. The dollar size …
Japan is witnessing a record number of compensation claims related to death from overwork, or “karoshi”, a phenomenon previously associated with the long-suffering “salary man” that is increasingly afflicting young …
China has begun operating a lighthouse on one of its artificial islands in the South China Sea near where a US warship sailed last year to challenge China’s territorial claims. …
The Philippines is set to start administering the world’s first dengue vaccine to high-risk children. The historic drug took 20 years and $1.8 billion to develop. The Philippines’ Department of …
Once a daily sight on every British street, a dwindling but resilient band of milkmen still go out at the crack of dawn to deliver bottles of fresh milk to …
Manny Pacquiao was all kinds of hungry when he first walked into the Wild Card Boxing Club 15 years ago. An undernourished and largely unknown 118-pound champion wanted to learn, …
About 8,000 US and Filipino troops began military exercises on Monday against a backdrop of tension over China’s greater assertiveness in the South China Sea. Over the next two weeks, …
China has denounced accusations arising from a massive leak from a Panamanian law firm as “groundless” and moved to limit coverage of documents that may have exposed financial wrongdoing by …
The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that an Irishman was stabbed to death by his Filipina girlfriend’s ex-partner inside a restaurant. 53-year-old Keith Collins, along with his partner 38-year-old Jovy …
A Study published in The Lancet, an online medical magazine, has revealed that the Philippines is among the countries with the highest rate of underweight men and women in the …
Many of our readers are concerned while they’re overseas. They want to send something back to their partner in the Philippines on their birthday or for Christmas but they’re not sure …
