Asian shares rise amid surge in major currencies
Most Asian shares rose on Friday amid gains in oil prices and a surge in major currencies across the region. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 XJO, +0.44% gained 0.2%, and Korea’s …
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Australian to be charged with murder after American burns to death in car
The remains of Timothy Wilson from Toledo have been found in a burnt-out car in Barangay Busay, Cebu City. His severely burned body was identified by his wife Joy. Police say the Toyota …
American and Japanese men found dead in Manila in two separate incidents
Two foreign nationals have been found dead in separate events in Manila this week. Manila Police – Homicide Section said that their office received a call that a Japanese man …
Mother, son and two others arrested for Davao City fake kidnapping
A total of four people were arrested by PNP Anti-Kidnapping Group for their involvement in a hoax kidnapping-for-ransom case in Davao City this week. . A mother, son and two …
Foreigners warned: ‘If you meddle in Philippine elections you’ll be deported’
The Bureau of Immigration issued an advisory based on the Comelec released Resolution #9615, which prohibits any and all foreigners from taking part in the mid-term polls. Immigration Commissioner Ronaldo …
Denmark is world’s happiest country – and Burundi the most miserable
Denmark overtook Switzerland as the world’s happiest place, according to a report on Wednesday that urged nations regardless of wealth to tackle inequality and protect the environment. The report, prepared …
US sailor arrested in Okinawa, Japan, for raping woman in her forties
A US serviceman stationed in Japan’s southern island of Okinawa was arrested on suspicion of raping a woman, Japanese police said on Monday. The government in Tokyo and authorities in …
Al Gore: “Philippines should walk away from coal plant expansion”
Climate change activist and former US Vice President Al Gore has urged the Philippines government to end its dependence to polluting coal-fired power stations, particularly given the rapidly dropping prices …
Argentina coastguard sinks Chinese ship after catching it fishing illegally
Argentina’s coastguard says it sank a Chinese fishing vessel that was fishing in a restricted area off the South American country’s coast. The Argentine Naval Prefecture chased and eventually sank …
Filipino-owned Seafood City opening first store in Canada
A Filipino-owned grocery chain in the US will open its first Canadian store in Toronto early next year. The Seafood City Supermarket chain has 22 outlets in the US alone …
Mother Teresa to be declared a saint in September
Mother Teresa, a nun who dedicated her life to helping the poor in India, will be canonized as a saint on September 4, Pope Francis has announced. The date falls on …
More than 3,000 permanent residents in the Philippines can get visas stamped
MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Immigration has said that the 3,000-plus foreigners who became permanent Philippine residents under the 1995 amnesty law may now have their visas re-stamped – …
Woman from Finland drugged and robbed while visiting Quezon City
A Finnish woman lost more than 15,000 pesos to a group of women who befriended her and then invited her to their home before drugging her. 29-year-old Anne Maria Elisabft …
Negros Occidental police still attempting to locate missing Korean
More than a two weeks have passed and still no signs of a Korean who was reported missing in Negros Occidental. Police say 32-year-old Eun Pyo Oh has been missing …
Former vice president Al Gore visits Tacloban City to view Yolanda rebuilding
Former United States Vice-President Al Gore surprised Tacloban City residents with a visit this past Saturday. Gore visited the region where super typhoon Yolanda came ashore, creating one of the …
Notorious Abu Sayyaf kidnapper killed by security forces
The leader of a southern Philippine gang behind the kidnapping of an Australian ex-soldier and an Irish priest was shot dead by security forces on Sunday, the military said. Waning …
New contingent of Malaysian peacekeepers arrive in the Philippines
A new contingent of Malaysian peacekeepers will replace tomorrow their outgoing compatriots after observing for a year the enforcement of the ceasefire accord between the government and the Moro Islamic …
Twenty-four prostitutes rescued from Boracay bar in sting operation
Twenty-four prostitutes were said to be rescued from their commercial sex group after the Boracay Tourtis Assistance Centre intervened. Police say an undercover sting netted two arrests after agents acted as …
Canadians and Norwegians kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf plead for life
Three men kidnapped by militants in the Philippines nearly six months ago have appealed for help to secure their release, as their Islamic State-affiliated captors issued a one-month deadline for …
New jeepney tours launched in Los Angeles’ historic Filipino Town
The ‘Pilipino Workers Center’ has launched a new tour in the “Filipino District” of Los Angeles in a jeepney, no less! Those who come to explore the neighbourhood will find themselves …
Bureau of Immigration blacklists Manny Pacquiao’s former coach
The Bureau of Immigration has barred Alex Ariza, former coach of Manny Pacquiao, from returning to the country. Commissioner Ronaldo Geron ordered Ariza’s named included on the BI’s blacklist on …
Grim toll mounts in Japanese detention centres as foreigners seek asylum
Niculas Fernando died at a Tokyo immigration detention center sometime between 9.33am and 10.44am on November 22, 2014, according to a coroner. But it wasn’t until shortly after 1pm that …
Airport cop “transferred” for involvement in notorious bullet planting scam
Another bullet planting scam has reared its ugly head at Mactan-Cebu International Airport after bullets were “found” in the bag of a passenger heading home to Guimaras. Airport authorities refused to disclose the …
Man murdered Filipina wife so he could go on Thai sex holiday
A German computer expert murdered his long-suffering wife and cut her body into pieces so he could go on a sex holiday in Thailand. Horst Koenig, aged 53, also cleared out …
Two men arrested for selling images of child abuse and sex tours
Two men have been arrested for selling child pornography material to an undercover agent at a coffee shop in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig last week. 28-year-old Mark Lester Manas and …
US invites Rodrigo Duterte to talks on China and ‘West Philippine Sea’
The US Embassy in Manila has invited Presidential hopeful Rodrigo Duterte to discuss the ongoing issues with China and the territorial dispute involving the South China Sea, or the West …