Victory Liner bus smash at ‘Baguio’s killer curve’ claims two lives
Two are dead and 19 injured after a Victory Liner bus crashed into an electric post on the winding road to Baguio. The bus was en route from Manila to …
Iraqi bomb expert with links to terror group arrested in ‘red light city’
An Iraqi bomb expert with links to Palestinian fundamentalist group Hamas has been arrested in Angeles City. National police chief Ronald Dela Rosa announced the arrest of Taha Mohamed Al-Jabouri …
Health alert as Mount Mayon spews huge plume of ash
Mount Mayon has sent a huge plume of ash and steam 10 kilometres into the sky, prompting respiratory health warnings. The alert level has been raised to four, on a …
Family appeal for help to get seriously ill British man back home for treatment
A desperate family has released this picture of a seriously ill British man in a bid to raise funds for lifesaving treatment. Ronnie Lord is dangerously emaciated at Our Lady …
US Army veteran gunned down during early-morning jog
A US Army veteran has been shot dead while while taking his regular early-morning jog in Baclayon town, on the island of Bohol. The body of Lonnie Simon Weig, aged …
Comic book legend, Marvel’s Stan Lee, is coming to Manila
Comic book legend, Marvel’s Stan Lee, is coming to Manila for the ComicCon Asia 2018. The man behind such superheroes as The Incredible Hulk, Spiderman and The Fantastic Four is …
China ‘drives away’ US missile destroyer for ‘violating’ its sovereignty
Beijing dispatched a warship to see off a US missile destroyer which it says has “violated” its sovereignty in the South China Sea. The USS Hopper sailed within 12 nautical …
Seven Filipino-American medics killed in horror smash after driver fell asleep
Seven Filipino-American doctors and nurses died after a van driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a mahogany tree. The accident occurred at about noon today (Saturday, January …
Russian women working as ‘bar girls’ arrested at Angeles City club
A group of Russian women who were arrested while working as bar girls in Angeles City are set to be deported. According to the Philippine News Agency, the Bureau of …
Founder of children’s home for girls arrested on child abuse charges
A German who founded a children’s home for street girls and orphans has been arrested on suspicion of planning to sexually abuse pre-teenage Filipinas. Leif Rothe, also known as Sunny …
Vietnam gasoline attacker identified – neighbour tells how horror unfolded
It has now been confirmed that the British expat who set fire to a Vietnamese woman in a jealous rage has fled to the Philippines. The suspect, now identified as …
Duterte to airport chiefs: ‘Just one more baggage theft, and you are fired!’
President Duterte has threatened to fire the nation’s top airport officials if just one more incident of baggage theft comes to light. Speaking at the launch of a new Overseas …
Filipino-Pakistani arrested for sharing ‘revenge porn’ photos of ex-girlfriend
A Filipino-Pakistani man has been arrested for sharing revenge porn nude photographs of his ex-girlfriend on social media. Abdul Razaq Bukhari was nabbed by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) cybercrime …
Holy smoke! Ash cloud recalls erupting volcano’s tragic creation myth
An ash cloud rising from Mount Mayon has provided an uncanny reminder of the volcano’s tragic creation myth. The image, captured by freelance photojournalist Ciriaco Santiago, closely resembles two people …
British man who allegedly torched Vietnamese woman ‘fled to Philippines’
A man accused of dousing a Vietnamese woman with gasoline before setting her on fire has possibly fled to the Philippines. According to local media, the unidentified British man launched …
Fleet of luxury cars to be crushed, not auctioned, by Bureau of Customs
A fleet of luxury cars — potentially worth millions of dollars — will be crushed rather than auctioned off by the Bureau of Customs. The vehicles, which are now kept …
Filipino families more likely to have a cellphone than a toilet at home
Filipinos are more likely to own at least one cellphone than have a working toilet in their home, a study has found. Research by the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission found …
Number of families who believe they are poor drops to 10 million
Fewer Filipino families consider themselves to be poor, down by about 900,000 families, according to a new quarterly survey. A Social Weather Stations (SWS) poll released today (Wednesday, January 17) …
Sinulog drinkers could find themselves locked up in mobile jails
Cebu Mayor Tomas Osmeña is to deploy mobile jails to lock up violators of his Sinulog Grand Parade alcohol ban. The city mayor warned that individual violators of the ban, …
Duterte warns of terror attacks as foreign jihadis regroup in Mindanao
President Duterte has warned of imminent terror attacks, as the Army reveals that about 50 foreign jihadis are recruiting new fighters in the south of the country. Speaking at the …
Urgent appeal for rare blood type after Brit injured in motorcycle smash
An urgent appeal for a rare blood type has been launched to save the life of a British man in an Iloilo hospital. Jason Smith, aged 51, was involved in …
Lava flow ‘facelift’ to restore Mount Mayon’s perfect symmetry
Scientists believe Mount Mayon’s continuing volcanic activity could act as a “facelift” and restore its cone to perfect symmetry. The volcano is often dubbed the “Mount Fuji of the Philippines” …
Sanofi agrees refund for unused ‘killer’ anti-dengue vaccine
Sanofi has agreed to reimburse the Philippines for unused doses of an anti-dengue vaccine that has been linked to the deaths of children. The French pharmaceutical giant denied the refund …
Filipinos among world’s most trusting consumers of mainstream media
A global survey has found that Filipinos are among the most trusting consumers of mainstream media – despite government hostility towards the press. Research by the US-based Pew Research Center …
Record number of foreigners deported from Philippines in 2017
A record number of foreigners were deported from the Philippines last year, the Bureau of Immigration has announced. More than 1,500 foreigners were thrown out of the country for violating …
Rappler shutdown prompts criticism and free press fears
Amnesty International has led a chorus of criticism after online news website Rappler was ordered to shut down. It was announced today (Monday, January 15) that the Philippines’ Securities and …