The Senate has approved a third and final reading on the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act – essentially raising the tax-exempt value of balakbayan boxes to 150,000 pesos. The 311 …
A Filipina maid made has been jailed for stealing jewellery and cash from her employer in Singapore. 48-year-old Mary Jane Importante Escalona has been sentenced for two years for the first of …
An early Monday morning fire has levelled an elementary school in Tanjay City, Cebu – despite being next door to a fire station. The school is next door to a fire …
An international news agency on Sunday reported that the Indonesian police believe that the guns used in the terrorist attack in Jakarta, Indonesia originated from the Philippines. According to The …
The Indonesian government has changed the time frame in which foreigners can own homes in the country. The Cabinet Secretariat noted on its website this past Tuesday that Indonesia’s President, …
A Canadian and his Filipina girlfriend were arrested at the Dumaguete City Airport when security officials apparently found a bullet in their luggage on Thursday. Dale Elder and Nellie Grape …
An American man has been missing from his hotel in Angeles City since November 7, 2015. Lewis Yakich, owner of the Lewis Grand Hotel located on Don Juico Avenue has been missing for …
Two Frenchmen have been arrested after base jumping off of a tall building in Cebu – landing in a Filipino jail cell for trespassing. Youtube sensation David Laffargue and his …
President Benigno Aquino III will attend the inauguration of the Therma South Energy Project in Toril, Davao City on Friday. The 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant is a project wholly owned …
The Army granted a West Point-educated officer a rare religious accommodation that will allow him to wear a beard and turban, requirements of his Sikh faith. Captain Simratpal Singh, aged …
A husband who returned home from drinking, has killed his wife after playing ‘Russian Roulette’ with a home-made .22 calibre pistol in the town of Binalonan, Pangasinan. A report on …
An IED land mine, planted by communist rebels, has killed two soldiers and a civilian – as well as wounding 15 others in the town of Mabini, Compostela Valley. The …
A Colombian was arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Sunday night. Angel Andrers Rodriguez Quiame was arrested after Interpol flagged his name as being a drug courier who …
A girl band was detained at an airport after they were mistaken for being sex workers. K-Pop group Oh My Girl were travelling to the United States for an album …
Prolific character actor Harry Morgan, who appeared in more than 100 films but was best known for his role as Colonel Sherman Potter in the popular television series MASH, has …
A Polish man refuses to leave a Ninoy Aquino International Airport clinic where he has been staying since last Monday. 41-year old Tomasz Chalot Stanislaw arrived at the airport last Monday …
Melor, also known as Nona in the Philippines, will continue to strengthen into a super typhoon before it barrels into the Philippines. Melor is on a collision course with the …
An Australian is said to have been roaming the halls of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for the past month, begging for money from passengers and employees to buy food …
At least 50,000 Malaysians support the so-called Islamic State (IS) the country’s transport minister said on Saturday, raising alarm about possible attacks in the Southeast Asian nation. The figure of 50,000 …
This week we reported on the burden Davao City and Mindanao residents are having with long-term and continual rotating blackouts – now Misamis Oriental is suffering the same fate. Those …
The National Bureau of Investigation has found credible evidence to file formal charges against members of the Philippine National Police-Avaiation Security Group (Avsegroup) for their involvement in the “tanim-bala” bullet …
The first vaccine against dengue fever won clearance in Mexico, an initial step toward preventing a mosquito-borne infection that puts half of the world’s population at risk. Sanofi expects more …
The Thailand Bureau of Immigration has announced plans to crackdown on foreigners overstaying their visa beginning in 2016. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha approved the Thai Bureau of Immigration’s proposal to …
Douglas Tompkins, the billionaire co-founder of outdoor label The North Face, who died Tuesday after a kayaking accident in Chile’s Patagonia region, used his fortune to conserve the South American …
The French embassy in the Philippines on Wednesday opened a new visa center in Makati to accommodate “the significant increase in volume” of Filipinos applying for Schengen visas. French Ambassador …
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been named Time Magazine’s 2015 Person of the Year – the first woman in 29 years to take the top spot. “Merkel had already emerged …