Police arrest ex-convict and two cohorts with fake gold bars in Cebu City
An ex-convict and his two cohorts were arrested inside a pension house on Tuesday after police were called to the scene when the men refused to pay their hotel bill. …
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Energy companies to build first tidal power plant in Sorsogon
Sabella SAS, a French firm and H&WB Asia Pacific (Pte Ltd.) Corp. will jointly build the first ocean tidal wave power plant project in the Philippines. The two energy development …
Bureau of Immigration orders deportation of ‘ladyboy killer’ Scott Pemberton
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has issued a deportation order against American Joseph Scott Pemberton. The deportation notice is subject to the clearance from a Philippine court hearing on Pemberton’s murder trial relating …
Proposed Davao City light rail project to cost 40 billion pesos
The Public-Private Partnership Board of Davao City’s government plans to endorse a project to the national government for an LRT transportation system for the city. The proposed 40-billion peso project …
Iranian arrested for punching professor at Manila university
An Iranian has been arrested and jailed after punching a college professor in Caloocan City on Tuesday. 35-year-old Pooyaz Gholami of Manaluyong City is being charged with violation of Article …
Two teenage girls hunted after stabbing of schoolmate in Manila
Two young girls are wanted in the stabbing of their 15-year-old schoolmate in Tondo, Manila The victim, whose name is being withheld upon request, is a student a Rajah Solaiman …
Bureau of Immigration discovers Korean has escaped detention, again!
Officials are asking many questions as to the escape of Korean Cho Seongdae, again! Seongdae originally escaped a Bureau of Immigration Immigration detention centre on September 29. He was recaptured …
Australian man gets caught up in ‘sextortion’ plot
26-year-old Jenel Peñascosa of Iloilo, has been arrested for his part in a cyber-crime sex extortion (sextortion) complaint filed against him by a 20-year-old Iloilo college student. So far, extortion, human …
Two Chinese diplomats shot dead, third wounded in Cebu City
Two Chinese diplomats were shot dead in a gun attack at a restaurant in Cebu City on Wednesday. Killed were the Deputy Consul Sun Shan and the consulate finance officer. Wounded …
Naked woman found dead in well had been raped, say police
Relatives looking for 32-year-old Roselyn Perlas discovered her decomposing, naked body in a shallow well, in Carles, Iloilo. A police spokesman said: “I believe she was raped. She was naked. …
Davao City’s Malagos Chocolate wins award at competition in Germany
Malagos Chocolate won a silver medal at the World Drinking Chocolate Competition in Hannover, Germany. The medal is Malgos Chocolate’s second award, they also won a bronze medal for the Best Unflavored …
Nearly a thousand endangered turtles rescued from Chinese black market
Environmental protection officials in Palawan rescued at least 979 rare and critically endangered turtles that were heading to the Chinese black market. The turtles were confiscated from three wildlife traffickers …
Guns and bullets found in balikbayan boxes coming from US
Police said they have seized several balikbayan boxes that were found to contain guns, bullets and other illegal items. The seizure took place on Monday. The items were from a …
Nine-year-old girl abducted and raped by motorcycle taxi driver
A nine-year-old girl was grabbed, punched and raped by a motorcycle-for-hire driver in the mountain barangay of Danglag, Consolaction, Cebu last Sunday. The young girl is now confined to a …
At least 73 arrested in police crackdown across swathes of Manila
So far, at least 73 people have been rounded up and arrested for their part in a clean up of the Southern Police Districts (also known as Makati, Taguig, Muntinlupa, Parañaque, …
Security fears keep competitors away from mathematics competition
Officials of the Mathematics Trainers Guild Philippines have announced that the maths competition scheduled for October 26 to 29 will go forward in spite of ten countries saying they will …
Companies leaving “expensive” China unlikely to bring jobs to Philippines
Like many developing countries, China is suffering from increased labour costs driving away manufacturing from the country. The Philippine government had been hoping to catch the ‘run-off’ of those valuable jobs. However, …
Thick haze blankets General Santos, Caganan De Oro and Davao
A thick haze, which is believed to be caused by the forest fires in Indonesia, now blankets the skies in this city and some parts of Mindanao. Gerry Pedrico of …
Extra security for Samal Island after Abu Sayyaf kidnap tourists
Resort owners on the Island Garden City of Samal agreed on extra security measures to protect tourists at following recent kidnappings. Officials of the Armed forces of the Philippines, the …
Seven dead and two missing after boat Capsizes between Iloilo and Guimaras Island
Seven people have been killed, while two others are missing after a passenger motorboat capsized between Iloilo City and Guimaras Island on Sunday. The Coast Guard commander of the Iloilo …
Pope Francis to canonise first married couple in modern times
Pope Francis will canonise the Catholic Church’s first married couple in modern times on Sunday, declaring the parents of St Therese of Lisieux saints in their own right. Francis is …
“Wowowee” star Willie Revillame faces child abuse charge for on-air antics
The Court of Appeals has given the ‘green-light’ to arrest and prosecute television host Willie Revillame. Willie, as everyone calls him, is being charged with child abuse and child exploitation …
Five Chinese people caught with shabu worth 50 million pesos
Police arrested five Chinese people in a buy-bust scheme in Quezon City on Friday morning. The men were named as 30-year-old Zheng Yong; 33-year-old Xiong Bun Sy; 46-year-old Guo Weng; 41-year-old Chang Cheng Xu, …
Pope Francis: “Greed will destroy the world”
Pope Francis on Thursday called on the world to reject the “idolatry of money”, claiming that greed was driving societies to ruin. In an interview in his modest apartment in …
Call centre worker murdered as she resisted bus robbers in Makati City
A call centre agent has been shot dead by two unidentified robbers inside a public bus in Makati City. 23-year-old Reena Ranchesca, of Tondo, Manila, was murdered after she refused to hand over her …
US Embassy files complaint about ‘factory’ of fake dollar and peso bills
After a complaint filed by the US Embassy in Manila, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group agents in Manila arrested four people involved in the production of fake peso and …