China expressed alarm on Thursday about an agreement in which the Philippines will lease five aircraft from Japan to help patrol the disputed South China Sea. Philippine President Benigno Aquino …
Three foreigners kidnapped by terrorists in the Philippines nearly six months ago have appealed to their governments for help to secure their release, as their Islamic State-afiliated captors issued a one-month deadline …
A 69-year-old Japanese man was caught with an underage girl in a motel room at General Maxilom Avenue at 3.30pm last Wednesday. The man was identified as Yoshiyo Morino was …
Women’s group “Gabriela” says a US military facility in Cagayan de Oro City will bring in prostitution, sexually transmitted diseases, as well as an increase in abandoned children in the …
A man from Qatar has been arrested for allegedly threatening to upload his ex-lover’s sex video onto social media this week. 56-year-old Nasser Mubarak Almarri threatened to upload the video after his …
Sailors on a round-the-world race found and left a dead German whose body was discovered on a yacht adrift off the southern Philippines, event organisers said. The LMAX Exchange team saw …
John Frederick Warnaca, aged 47, a Fresno, California native, died while arguing with his girlfriend at a Manila Internet cafe. That owners of the business told police that Mr Warnaca came into the shop …
The Mt. Apo Natural Park and Protected Area management board said they will control the number of trekkers to the mountain during Holy Week. The limit is being blamed on …
The robbery of a Korean tourist inside a passenger jeepney has ended in the arrest of five people, including an American – who stepped in to question the police’s methods as they …
Award-winning American environmental photographer Gary Braasch died on Monday while snorkelling at the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef. Braasch, aged 70, from Portland, Oregon, was snorkeling with a …
An American woman is the second confirmed person to test positive for the Zika virus while visiting the Philippines in January of this year. The Philippines Department of Health said …
Elevator maintenance men returning to work after a month-long break for Chinese New Year made a horrific discovery last week when they opened the cab of a broken lift and …
Former first lady Nancy Reagan, who as an aspiring actress married leading man Ronald Reagan and then offered her unfailing support and Hollywood style as his unlikely political career took …
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The Department of Tourism has opened a new window display at the Philippine Center in New York City. The official opening happened on March 4, and will be a permanent …
A research craft has spotted a “ghostlike” octopus that appears to belong to an unknown species on the ocean floor near Hawaii, a discovery that highlights how little is known …
More than 60 people were hospitalised on Saturday, mostly for burns, after the engine on a Bangkok commuter boat exploded and sent passengers leaping to a nearby pier or into …
The Philippines seized a North Korean cargo ship that was covered by UN sanctions against Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. Manila will also deport the vessel’s 21 North Korean crew and will …
A 65-year-old German died when he fell off a cliff after shooting an immigration agent sent to arrest him for a string of fraud cases in his home country. Police identified the …
Philippine authorities have said they are looking for a parish priest who allegedly damaged part of a historic cemetery chapel in search of treasure. Father Nelson Silvela, parish priest of the …
Richard Alexander Harbich, a 40-year-old German, jumped to his death from the third floor of SM City Bacolod Mall just two days after failing at a similar suicide bid. Mr Harbich traveled to …
Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Ronaldo Geron has fired an ‘confidential’ investigative agent of the BI for carrying out an unauthorised investigation of a British man. “Your contract as confidential agent …
VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Co., the Vietnamese carrier known for its bikini-clad flight attendants, may hold its initial public offering as early as the second quarter as it plans to …
The United States Navy has dispatched the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier and several warships into the South China Sea, also known as the West Philippine Sea, this week. The …
As Benigno Aquino closes out a presidency that delivered the Philippines four Standard & Poor’s rating upgrades, investors are turning to the country’s dollar debt to shelter from peso losses. …
Talomo police arrested a Japanese man in a “buy-bust” in Barangay Talomo Proper, Davao City. 47-year-old Naoki Iguchi, was arrested at 4.30pm Friday after handing over two sachet of shabu …