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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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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