The Malacañang has described Associate Justice Teresita de Castro as the “best choice” for Supreme Court chief justice. In a statement today (Saturday, August 25), presidential spokesman Harry Roque said: …
Cebu Pacific has announced new direct flight connections between both Davao and Bohol with Clark International Airport. According to a press release issued today (Thursday, August 23), the budget airline …
President Duterte’s spokesman has expressed concern about China’s possible deployment of nuclear weapons in the South China Sea. Speaking today (Thursday, August 23), Harry Roque said: “We are concerned about …
A worker was killed when a ceiling collapsed onto her during a blaze that destroyed a candle factory in Ozamiz City. Authorities have said the fire started inside the Bryant …
Tourism chiefs have announced that the newly reopened Boracay will be a haven of peace, rather than a place to party. Speaking today (Wednesday, August 22) Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat …
A German lecturer — who once reported three of his colleagues for working illegally — has been arrested at Clark Airport for human trafficking. Bureau of Immigration (BI) Deputy Commissioner …
President Duterte has again claimed the CIA wants to kill him and has accused the US spy agency of bugging his telephone conversations. Speaking at a government conference in Cebu …
A Pentagon report has warned of China’s plans to introduce floating nuclear reactors into the disputed waters of the South China Sea. In its annual report to congress, entitled Military …
As the build up to Christmas begins, the Philippine National Police are bracing themselves for the traditional festive crimewave. Every year, as the beginning of the so-called ‘ber’ months herald …
President Duterte has been filmed live on a Facebook giving assurances that he is not in a coma, but alive and “fairly healthy”. In a video posed by Special Assistant …
Following recent warnings of an Abu Sayyaf kidnap raid, Palawan’s Coast Guard have shown off a new anti-terrorism fast boat. The new acquisition revealed today (Monday, August 20) has the …
The family of the seven-year-old Filipina-Italian girl who was killed by a jellyfish in Camarines Sur have spoken of her final moments. Gaia Trimarchi — whose swimming ability marked her …
Fewer than 20 per cent of tourism businesses inspected on Boracay met standards — just two months before the island is due to reopen. The Department of the Interior and …
Despite her looming deportation, Sister Pat Fox has filed a petition for the renewal of her missionary visa, which expires next month. Sister Patricia, who is appealing a deportation order …
A Cebu court has sentenced a 32-year-old man to life for broadcasting the online sexual abuse of an underage boy. Eul Vincent Ondoy Rodriguez was arrested in 2014 after US …
President Duterte’s spokesman has denied a claim by the leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines that the chief executive is in a coma. Speaking to reporters today (Monday, …
A British child abuser, along with two fraudsters from the UK and Germany, are to be deported from the Philippines following a series of raids. In a statement issued today …
A German man has been found dead in his Subic home, days after being stabbed to death by suspected thieves. Norbert Probst was found dead in his apartment on Friday …
The US Marine whose disappearance prompted a huge search operation in Philippine waters has been declared dead and identified. Corporal Jonathan Currier, a native of New Hampshire, went overboard from …
The Philippine government has paid tribute to former UN Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kofi Annan. Annan, who served as UN chief from 1997 to 2006, died yesterday (Saturday, …
Two earthquakes have shaken the Compostela Valley and Davao Occidental over the weekend amid a regional spike in seismic activity. A magnitude five earthquake was felt at 8.28am today (Sunday, …
In a treat for petrol heads and historians, a museum of presidential vehicles has opened its doors in Quezon City. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and city …
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano has assured a British minister that the Philippines was committed to maintaining a rules-based system in the region. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) …
A German-American driving a multi-cab van in Calapan City has been killed in a collision with a ten-wheeled truck. Victor Rudnizki, aged 66, died at the scene of the smash …
Japan should do more for wartime sex slaves, or comfort women, UN rights experts have said, adding that Tokyo had not provided full redress and reparation. Most historians agree that …
The Philippines is by far the largest recipient of US military aid in Asia, the country’s embassy in Manila has announced. In a statement issued yesterday (Friday, August 17), the …