Delicious Argentinian beef will be on the menu after Philippine authorities agreed to allow imports. Three companies from the country have received accreditation from the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS), …
Rumours of a military coup brewing in the Philippines have been dismissed as “fake news”. Speaking to reporters today (Thursday, September 14) Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana rubbished rumours of a …
Convicted child abuser Raymond Keeley has been jailed for three years after slipping out of Britain to start a new life in the Philippines. Raymond Keeley, aged 72, paid for …
Notorious “big-leg beggar” Benjamin Holst has been refused entry onto a Thai Airways flight to Laos via Bangkok. Sharing his frustration on Facebook yesterday (Tuesday, September 12), the German wrote: …
A convicted child abuser was prevented from flying to the Philippines after Australian authorities seized his two passports just days before his flight. Peter Alan Swale, an Australian who also …
The House of Representatives has voted to slash the annual budget of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to just 1,000 pesos. The vote today (Tuesday, September 12) casts doubt …
A regional police force is building a network of civilian spies to target suspected criminals, rebels and “unfamiliar faces”. Called the “Community Mobilisaton Project” (CMP) the scheme is being introduced …
A global survey measuring the liveability of 180 cities placed Manila in 148th spot. The 2017 Cities in Motion Index by the University of Navarra’s IESE Business School in Spain …
President Duterte criticised the quality of American military donations shortly after the USA deployed a state-of-the-art surveillance drone in Mindanao. A Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) is now set …
At least four people have died and 13 are missing after tropical depression Maring brought flooding and chaos across Luzon. Most of the dead and missing were poor people living …
Up to half a million people in southeast China will be evacuated as the region braces for typhoon Talim, which is expected to make landfall this week. Although Typhoon Talim …
Jose Sison, the chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has sided with North Korea in the ongoing row about its weapons programmes. Mr Sison praised Pyongyang for …
President Duterte has claimed that the recent shootings of teenage boys — apparently by anti-drug police — were attempts to sabotage his anti-narcotics crusade. While his finger of blame has …
MILF MADNESS: A “friendly” basketball match between members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front ended with two militants dead and one injured. The bloodshed occurred after a player open fired …
Owners of girlie bars on Fields Avenue have been urged to help prevent the spread of HIV-AIDS in Angeles City. Rodelio “Tony” Mamac, chief of Barangay Balibago, which covers the …
A senator has accused China of waging an opium war by “turning a blind eye” toward drug smuggling into the Philippines. Senator J V Ejercito said: “I suspect that China …
President Duterte has said he carries a gun in case he needs to have a shootout with the senator accusing his son of drug smuggling. Speaking to soldiers in Davao …
CONJOINED TWINS: A family are desperate for their daughters, who are attached at the forehead, to be separated despite the risk of them dying in the operation. Conjoined twins Joy …
An enormous 19-foot saltwater crocodile was captured by fishermen on Tawi-Tawi Island this morning (Friday, September 8). The saltwater crocodile was first spotted by fishermen on Thursday afternoon. According to …
SCUBA TERRORISTS: Reports from Marawi suggest would-be jihadis may be attempting to enter the besieged lakeside city using diving gear. The military says it has received reports that known sympathisers …
Carl Sara, a 63-year-old American has pleaded guilty to attempting to have sex with an eight-year-old Filipino girl. According to his plea agreement, Sara, from Springfield, Virginia, watched live-streamed child …
Philippine soldiers rescued two Indonesian hostages today (Thursday, September 7) after a firefight that killed five Abu Sayyaf terrorists. Five soldiers were wounded in the encounter with about 20 militants …
MARCOS HOLIDAY: President Duterte has declared September 11 as a ‘special non-working day’ in Ilocos Norte to mark the 100th birthday of former president Ferdinand Marcos. The proclamation released yesterday …
Police in Singapore have arrested a man suspected of planning to join Islamic State-linked fighters in the Philippines. Also arrested today (Thursday, September 7) was a woman suspected of being …
A Filipino preacher who claims to be “the appointed son of God” has been featured in a book about the world’s self-declared Messiahs. Norwegian photographer Jonas Bendiksen travelled the world …
The exorcist who said the Illuminati were distributing satanic rosaries has defended his claim today (Thursday, September 7). Diocese of Novaliches Chief Exorcist, the Reverend Father Ambrosio Nonato Legaspi, said …