The Western Metro Manila Crime Investigation and Detection Team busted a syndicate in Santa Cruz, Manila this past week for counterfeiting 1,000 peso notes. In the raid the team …
Police say they arrested a man in Bukidnon after finding him in possession of fake American dollars. Gernabe Melig was arrested in an eatery in the town of Manolo Fortrich …
The Inglesia ni Crist (INC) of Manila will begin church services in the ghost town it purchased at auction in 2011. INC bought the ghost town of Scenic, South Dakota …
Two men from North Carolina have been arrested on an indictment dated 2012 on charges they carried out a contract killing on a Filipina woman in her home country. An …
Six people are dead and 28 others injured after two buses collided head-on yesterday near Silay City, Negros Occidental. The two Ceres buses collided at 7am yesterday on the national …
The Philippines is in the development stages of creating a Defense Economic Zone which will soon house the best international weapons manufacturing facilities in the region. The 37-hectare zone will …
Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents arrested and issued deportation charges against 155 foreigners caught working in call centres and online gambling operations in an office in Pasay City on Monday. …
The crew of US surveillance ship, the USNS Impeccable have rescued 11 Filipino fishermen from a sinking boat in the South China Sea. Navy officials said the Impeccable was en route to Subic …
A ‘boot advisory’ has been issued for the Iloilo City school district as the city is facing a flood issue due to a clogged canal. The Tabucan Elementary School issued the …
Carlia Magpantay Brady, a suspended New Jersey State Judge, has plead ‘not guilty’ for harbouring her fugitive boyfriend at her home. Brady faces a five to 10 year sentence for …
The German Embassy in Manila will be changing its procedure for making appointments in its visa section starting on August 1. Appointments for the submission of visa applications will be …
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Army has won the gold medal at the Japan dragon boat championship this past July 19th. The competition was held in Osaka Japan where the …
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. will make an historic apology to prisoners of war forced to work in their mines during the Second World War. Senior Officials for Mitsubishi Materials said they …
An elderly British couple have spent a week behind bars in Inner Mongolia over an “unfortunate misunderstanding” after they were accused of terror links. The couple aged 74 and 68 …
Former five-division world champion Nonito Donaire, often referred to as the “Filipino Flash” showed the world he is back at his very best with an outstanding second-round knockdown of France’s …
An Australian-Filipino conglomerate is set to drill a new deep-water exploratory oil well in the South China Sea, also known as the West Philippine Sea. LPG-MA or Liquefied Petroleum Gas …
The city of Manila has received the prestigious “Most Competitive City Award” for 2015 from the National Competitiveness Council of the Philippines. Manila City Mayor, Joseph Estrada received the award …
A total of 3,831 Palawan Forest Turtles and some 185 other turtles were rescued from horrifying conditions in Palawan. The turtles were being kept in a warehouse with its own …
“Philippine Gold – Treasures of Forgotten Kingdoms,” will be an up and coming exhibition from September 11 to January 3 at the Asia Society in New York City. The exhibition …
The Bureau of Internal Revenue will start to automatically report all financial accounts held by US citizens living and working in the Philippines to the IRS – the kicker? the US …
Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago has sought an inquiry into the alarming increase in the numbers of “illegal” foreign workers in the Philippines. Santiago filed House Relolution #1298 directing a Senate …
The US Justice Department moved this week to seize assets owned by Janet Napoles, the businesswoman at the centre of the ‘pork barrel scam.’ The department filed a civil forfeiture complaint to …
At least seven people are dead during simultaneous drug raids across the city of Davao early Wednesday. Davao City Police Office did not issue an official statement as of press time …
A Danish man and two Koreans have fallen victim to the notorious “Batang Hamog” in the Malate, Mabini and Ermita regions of Manila. The group has targeted foreigners for years. …
A Russian who used Malaysia as an entry point to the Philippines to meet his 19-year-old Filipino girlfriend was arrested by immigration and deported at the Zamboanga City Seaport. 24-year-old …
General Santos City is trying to acheive new heights by adding what is being dubbed “Aerotropolis,” a new 959-million peso Industrial Airport Complex in southern Mindanao. The new complex is …