The remains of nearly 400 US servicemen who died on the USS Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor will be exhumed, identified and given individual burials. The USS Oklahoma was torpedoed in the …
Gunmen shot dead a policeman and his female companion in Mati City, Davao Oriental, on Monday night, police said. Senior Supt. Jose Carumba, Davao Oriental police chief, identified the slain cop as …
Davao City’s mayor Rodrigo Duterte is known for being tough on crime – and he now backs the idea of reinstating the death penalty. Mayor Duterte proposed the death penalty …
Filipino boxing champion and Saranggani Representative Manny Pacquiao will run for president, promoter Bob Arum said. A report from TMZ Sports quoted Arum as saying Pacquiao would run as Philippine …
An Indian money lender was shot dead in Lapu-Lapu City Monday, with police looking at a business dispute as a possible motive. Police said victim Jaswinter Singh Gill had already …
Some five children who allegedly did not realise the depth of the water drowned in a river in Barangay Hacienda, Bugallon town, Pangasinan on Tuesday. The victims have been identified …
A convicted sex offender originally nabbed in Cebu is in trouble again — this time in the United States. Kenneth Stokes, who previously admitted to abusing at least five children …
Aviation officials seized 55 live bullets from a Davao-bound 18-year-old passenger. Aviation Security Group director C/Supt. Pablo Francisco Balagtas said the bullets and two pieces of calibre .357 re-loader were …
Police have broken up a West African Drug Syndicate operating in Tagaytay City, Cavite. Officials said the group members arrested in the bust are all Filipinos who were taken down …
Ariel’s Point Resort, known for it’s cliff diving sites in Aklan, not far from the world famous Boracay Beach area, is defying closure orders by the local Buruanga government. Management of …
At the World Pole Dance Championships finals in Beijing on Sunday, pole dancers insisted their discipline deserved Olympic recognition. More than 50 limber and lithe athletes representing over ten countries …
A new ordinance entitled “comprehensive animal regulation and control in Quezon City.” – Ordinance No. #2386 will restrict residents to four pets per household. The ordinance was prompted by a …
Angel the bottlenose pink dolphin, pictured above, is the world’s only albino dolphin in captivity. Angel was captured last year as a baby during the annual “drive fishery” in Taiji, …
Volkswagen plans to invest as much as $200 million dollars to build a car assembly plant in the Philippines. In an announcement on Thursday, executives said “We are prepared to …
The Transportation Department will put to tender the first public-private partnership seaport project under the Aquino administration in Davao City. The Philippine Ports Authority invited local and international companies to submit …
Two Koreans were arrested after a casino financier filed a complaint against them for pawning a fake Rolex wristwatch. 25-year-old Rina Salvador filed a complaint that she was playing at …
Police have arrested 32-year-old Ardie Pares for the gruesome murder of his father this past week. An investigation into the incident said that Ardie killed his 50-year-old father Eddie Pares with …
Eight people are dead, including a seven-year-old boy and a policewoman, after their tourist van collided with a DLTB bus in Quinapondan, Eastern Samar. Initial reports only identify four of …
Australian Hilton Munro was found dead in his jail cell in Cebu City last week. The 46-year-old was arrested in a Cebu resort in 2013 for a string of child sex offences. …
AT&T has agreed to pay a $25 million dollar fine for its laxed security involving overseas call centres where employees stole personal data information and sold them to mobile phone …
The world’s richest man and his family reportedly spent a brief vacation in El Nido, Palawan this week. Speculations were drawn on the visit of the Microsoft co-founder, but in …
Police are looking into a possible connection with a milk tea stand in Bustillos Street, Manila and the death of two people. The owner of Ergo CHA Milk Tea stand …
A dramatic sea rescue off the coast of Phuket, Thailand, happened on Wednesday after a ferry with 117 people on board caught fire. Numerous speedboats raced to evacuate the passengers of …
Staff at the Philippine Embassy were alerted to the plight of Abby Luna, a Filipina maid who claims to have been beaten and raped by her employer’s son in Bahrain. …
Konstantin Simeonov Kavrakov, aged 31, is once again in the news: The Bulgarian is known to the Philippine National Police (PNP) as “the king of super-hackers.” Kavrakov was arrested and …
The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) is launching an ‘anti-baggage theft campaign’ at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). “This is an effort that we are initiating to help the …