A 61-year-old American has been arrested for uploading videos of himself having sex with men and women onto the internet. National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents arrested Lee David Colglazier …
The US Marine jailed for murdering a ladyboy in Subic has launched a second appeal against his conviction. US Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton was found guilty of killing transgender …
At least 20 Abu Sayyaf terrorists were killed in a dawn raid on Thursday after the military targeted a makeshift camp in Sumisip, Basilan. Colonel Juvymax Uy of the Joint …
Mactan Cebu International Airport is set to lose its only trans-Pacific flight service this month. Philippine Airlines (PAL) announced this week that it is to “temporarily suspend” its Cebu to …
Life in the developing world can be extremely tough, for some more so than others. In particular those who have physical or mental impairments can find themselves in extremely dire …
Greetings and maupuy nga kulop, from Calbayog City in Samar Province, heart of the Waray-Waray. You may recall that in my last article, I wrote about travelling from Cebu City …
President Duterte has today (Wednesday, April 10) called rogue police officers corrupting his drug war “sons of whores”. His latest broadside against crooked cops comes after four more officers were …
Every Filipina’s favourite foreigner — singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran — is returning to the Philippines. The British musician, who once described the Philippines as his “biggest market in the world” will …
An Australian auto worker drowned in the sea at a beach resort in the town of Compostela, on Cebu Island, yesterday (Tuesday, May 9) afternoon. Town police chief Junafe Vergara …
The police and military have stepped up security measures in Palawan after yesterday’s US Embassy travel advisory warning of a possible kidnap plot. A statement issued by police today (Wednesday, …
A British Filipino girl discovered she had an IQ higher than Einstein and Stephen Hawking after being refused a place at her local school. Mia Golosino, aged 11, had set …
The ‘hacktivist’ group Anonymous has released a video urging people to “prepare” for World War Three as “strategic pieces are put into place” for a showdown on the Korean peninsular. …
An American paedophile wanted for child sex offences in Texas has been arrested by immigration agents. Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Jaime Morente said Christopher Wayne Walker, aged 60, was …
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) overwhelmingly rejected a Philippine senator’s defence of his government’s drug war. Of 46 countries represented only China gave its backing to the country’s …
On January 9, 2017, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order calling for universal access to modern family planning methods. The document also called for accelerated implementation of the …
The US Embassy in Manila has warned that terrorist groups may be planning kidnappings in Palawan. The warning, issued today (Tuesday, May 9), singles out the area surrounding the Puerto …
A Filipino senator has issued a spirited defence of the Duterte administration’s human rights record before a UN panel in Geneva, Switzerland. Senator Alan Peter Cayetano appeared before the UN’s Human …
“It’s more fun in the Philippines”, or at least that’s what the tourism slogan used to be, until a few months ago when the Ministry of Tourism decided to change …
A sadistic Filipino hit man dubbed “The Killer from Manila” has died in a British jail. Victor Castigador was handed a rare whole-life term by the home secretary after he …
Police have dismissed claims by the Islamic State that it was responsible for recent Manila bombings that killed two and left dozens injured. The latest attack yesterday (Saturday, May 6) …
US President Donald Trump’s recent friendly phone conversation with Rodrigo Duterte, during which he invited the Philippine president to the White House, raised questions about his penchant for closeness with …
Two were killed and five injured in a twin bomb attack in Quiapo, Manila, today (Saturday, May 6). The first explosion was on Norzagaray Street, near the Manila Golden Mosque, …
A three women have been arrested for using their young daughters to create cyberporn for overseas perverts. The children were rescued following a tip-off from US police, who found obscene …
The Philippines said it would complain to the United Nations after one of its human rights investigators made an unannounced visit to Manila. Agnes Callamard, the UN Special Rapporteur on …
Fishermen in Misamis Occidental have landed what appears to be a heavily tattooed fish. Photographs shared by GMA News on its Facebook page show intricate, symmetrical patterns and some lettering. …
Meet Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa, chief of police and the world’s new hide and seek champion — but only for speed, not really results. Just 24 hours after vowing a thorough …