More than 300 years after it sank during an attack in the Caribbean near Cartagena’s coast, a Spanish treasure ship has been found, says Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos. Santos …
A Swedish man and his Filipina wife lost more than 400,000 pesos worth of valuables to burglars who broke into to their rented home in Villalon Subdivision in Barangay Capital Site, Cebu City. …
The Office of the Cebu City Prosecutor has indicted Filipina Alamarie Mabasa for estafa (also commonly known as swindling). Mabase is accused of duping Alexander Schick, a Belgian, into sending …
A young girl from the town of Sipocot in Camarines Sur died of electrocution after her face came in contact with the defective device. 14-year-old Judy Ann Ajero was talking …
Police have arrested five ‘tanods,’ or village watchmen, in Buhangin, Davao City for illegal possession of unregistered guns. In a surprise raid at barangay hall on Friday morning, CIDG Police, …
In a recent and ongoing rash of issues with New People’s Army (NPA) communist guerrillas and numerous attacks in Toril and other remote regions of Davao City, the NPA is now accused of …
The hunt is on for at least 200 pieces of priceless paintings owned by former first lady Imelda Marcos and her family. The Presidential Commission on Good Government will seek the …
The mayor of Cotabato City has said that at least 1,000 residents of Central Mindanao have aligned themselves with the Islamic State (IS). Mayor Japal Gyani Jr said that IS sympathizers …
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has arrested seven Nigerians accused of fraud and computer hacking in General Trias, Cavite on Monday night. The Nigerians are said to be involved …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said that the Philippines would endure massive disasters in the next two decades unless the world is ready to reduce carbon dioxide emissions around …
The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (Cordillera Office) has arrested 51-year-old Massimo Proietti, an Italian wanted for estafa (swindling). Proietti was arrested on a warrant issued by Judge Glenda Ortiz-Soriano …
Sampoloc is the area where American colonial troops and Filipino revolutionaries fought at the turn of the 20th Century. Filipinos accused Americans of shooting a Filipino soldier, and returned fire. …
This photograph show the divisoria in CDO in the 1960s – how times have changed. The horse carts of CDO have been gone for years, and the central park strip couldn’t be …
Philippine marines say they have killed eight members of a group that has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in a gun battle in the south of the country. The men …
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – From the creators of the Google Play App entitled “tanim bala,” the same group has come up with the next ‘big game’ in the Philippines. Kulit …
Philippine President Benigno Aquino has approved the purchase of 44 billion pesos ($932.74 million) worth of military equipment to help boost maritime security capability as tensions simmer in the South …
A 20-year-old woman has been arrested after police discovered her selling six young girls age 18 to 22 to men in Ermita, Manila. Arrested was Roxanne Dichoso, who is an an …
Condo tenants in Makati and Ortigas, and all the way to the Fort, may get a breather in the coming year. Collier’s, an international real estate consulting firm, says that the …
To add insult to injury, the family of beheaded Malaysian hostage have discovered they paid over five million pesos ransom for a body that is not their loved one. In …
Cagayan de Oro firemen at Barangay Balulang fire station are in hot water after residents found nobody on duty when a fire broke out. Only after city fire trucks arrived on the …
The Philippine Army has called out the New People’s Army for continuing to use land mines despite violating international human rights laws. Military officials have said that the senseless and …
Once again the Bureau of Immigration has issued a warning to the public about fake immigration personnel attempting to extort money from Filipinos and especially foreign nationals within the country. …
Authorities went looking for a Polish trekker and her local guide after they went missing while hiking Mount Kanlaon in Negros Island after the steam explosion/eruption on Monday. The office …
A new House Bill has been filed seeking to include “physical and sexual violence” among the ground for annulling a marriage in the Philippines. Pagis Representative Roman Romula has filed …
MANILA, Philippines – A Hong Kong journalist who was among those who “heckled” President Aquino during an APEC Summit in Indonesia in 2013, has been blacklisted from the Philippines and barred …
Staff at the Bureau of Immigration in Angeles City have asked Commissioner Siegfred Mison to investigate the processing of visa extensions for Chinese workers at a Clark Freeport firm. Officer Janice Christine Corres has …