Brent Symes of Tweed Heads, Australia, was brutally attacked in knee-deep water by local thugs wielding bats and bottles after he accidentally drifted too close to their surf break. The …
A total of 15 men from Hong Kong and Singapore were arrested in a raid on a KTV bar in Pasay City on Friday morning. The joint raid was conducted …
Vice President Jejomar Binay said he will amend the Constitution of the Philippines to grain greater ownership of those setting up businesses in the country. This was just one plan …
Military sources say they received a report that a white speedboat had docked at Barangay Kaunayan, Patikul, Sulu at 12.30pm on Tuesday, September 22. The information was not released to the press …
Muews Radio, owned by Arvin Malaza has sought the assistance of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines over the filing of 255 libel cases against him. Malaza is …
A young first-time visitor to the Philippines was detained for five days by airport police at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for allegedly carrying a bullet in his check-in …
The Special Investigation Task Group assigned to Ocean View Marina in Samal Island has released what they call a “cartographic sketch” of one of the 11 men responsible for the …
Authorities have admitted that they knew about a possible kidnapping on Samal Island via intelligence that appears to have been ignored. Information about Abu Sayyaf was intercepted and a known …
The Eastern Mindanao Command said they have issued the wrong photographs of two of the three victims involved in a kidnapping plot in Samal Island, Davao del Norte. The kidnapping …
Police in Angeles City are investigating the smuggling of high-grade marijuana inside hollow wooden elephant statues. Police say they uncovered three kilos of dried marijuana stashed inside a two-foot long wooden elephant …
The military and police are searching three provinces in Mindanao for the the two Canadians, a Norwegian  and a Filipino woman who were kidnapped from Samal Island. An eyewitness to …
Police have arrested a Romanian for his part in a ‘rewards card’ scheme where he withdrew money from hacked accounts of foreigners. 32-year-old Gheorghe Adelin Stretcu is said to belong …
Representatives of the Ulama Council of Zamboanga Peninsula regions met with officials in Zamboanga City over the use of “Muslim Type” when describing the suspect in a bus bombing. The …
Eastern Mindanao Command has released a photograph group of the three men kidnapped by what authorities now suspect may be the work of the New Peoples Army (NPA). Both John …
47-year-old David Lascon de Leon, a resident of Makati City, drowned while scuba diving in the town of Tingloy in the province of Batangas. Reports show that de Leon was …
A Singapore court has sentenced Ello Ed Mundsel Bello, a Filipino nurse who was in the news heavily after he posted inflammatory comments on his Facebook page about Singaporeans. 29-year-old …
A manhunt is underway throughout the Davao del Sur and Davao del Norte regions after a boatload of kidnappers came ashore on Samal Island and seized at least four people, three of whom were …
A deranged woman, reportedly high on drugs, stabbed her 10-month-old baby girl to death in Quezon City on Friday afternoon. Neighbours of Piavera Sarmiento said they heard shouting and cursing …
The website of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) was defaced by hackers on Sunday. A group claiming to be Anonymous Philippines said they hacked the site due to slow internet …
Filipino-American TV reporter was arrested for her part in a hit-and-run collision that injured a pedestrian. Patricia Villacin, aged 23, was arrested after she drove the SUV over a pedestrian …
A think tank has said the Philippines will remain one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia despite a robust economy recently. The London-based Economic Intelligence Unit said the Philippine …
A Romanian received two years in federal prison for filing a total of 392 false  petitions to obtain visas for workers from the Philippines. 34-year-old Bogdan Dragos pleaded guilty to …
A German man was found dead inside his home in Bacoor City, Cavite on Friday. 62-year-old Hans-Georg Becker, who was living at Elisa Homes Subdivision, was in a state of …
So far little is known on the full extent of the case of Australian John Brogan and his Filipina wife Lorilie Brogan. Both suspects were arrested in Angeles City for fraud …
The Muslim community was outraged after the Davao City Veterinary Office (CVO) discovered people selling tuna fish laced with pig’s blood. The tainted tuna has been found in Matina Aplaya, Puan …
A man bound for Butuan City was arrested at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) after he went berserk, punching a police officer in the back and knocking down a computer …