A 17-year-old girl (name withheld due to age) has been arrested for selling nude photographs of her underage relatives and neighbors to pedophiles around the globe. When arrested, the girl …
Timothy Kaufman, aged 37, a former US Marine, was found unconscious inside his jail cell in Angeles City on August 15. Kaufman was declared dead upon arrival at hospital. He had …
Eighteen years after committing the crime, the seven men involved in a kidnap for ransom in the Philippines have been sentenced to life in prison without parole. The charges stem …
Japan and the Philippines have signed a deal on a 33.689-billion-yen, or 13-billion peso, loan. The cash is for two projects in the country. The first is the Metro Manila …
The driver of a jeepney was shot in the head by an irate pedestrian who claimed he was nearly run over. According to witnesses, 35-year-old Jerick Accad of Taguig City …
Four men accused of raping and killing a 14-year-old girl in Marawi City were executed by a vigilante firing squad, with the consent of their families. Their crime was considered to be …
A total of 31 tourist visiting the world-famous island of Boracay have been rescued during the month of August says the local Coast Guard. The rescues from the resort island …
Mae Catibog was always in a hurry, until a woman in ragged clothes, sitting on a sidewalk in Buendia Avenue, sketching in full concentration, made her pause. “I have actually …
The Department of Health has warned that a rare disease known as Japanese encephalitis has been detected in regions of the Cordillera Mountains. The disease is viral and spreads via blood-sucking …
The Department of Tourism has fallen 50 per cent short of its projected numbers of foreign tourists arriving in the country for the fist six months of the year. In …
An Australian visitor to the Philippines fell into a two-foot hole after he arrived at Manila’s NAIA Airport, Terminal 2. Harry Hansen was on his way to the immigration counter when the tiled …
The House of Representatives has given the ‘green light’ on a partial divorce in The Philippines. House Bill 5907 has been approved on its third and final reading on Monday …
A sign of the times, Indonesia has started to lift restrictions for expats and foreigners living in the country. The Indonesian Government is implementing the change to help lure foreign …
Mexican Ambassador to the Philippines, Julio Camarena Villaseñor, met with top officials of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently to discuss possible investment opportunities. Villaseñor and his team …
Police have issued an arrest warrant against a Filipino priest for placing a hidden camera in St Francis Church bathroom in Sherwood, Oregon. Father Ysrael Bien was not initially charged …
A British tourist was deported on Monday morning, some 14 hours after he arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) in Manila, when he refused to show his passport …
Scientists have recorded seeing the endangered and rarely seen “Ninja Shark” off the coast of Malapascua Island in Cebu. Rutgers University and the University of Chester have announced some rare sightings of the …
The Camiguin Provincial Government has signed a deal with the Spanish government for the construction of a $120-million solar power plant and wind farm. Provincial governor Jurdin Jesus Romualdo said …
A nine-year-old boy was killed by a member of a prominent Misamis Oriental family in Cagayan de Oro City yesterday. Police say 46-year-old Alfonso Dy Dadole III, a grandson of the …
A total of twenty-one Filipinos who have been awaiting execution in China for drug-related offences have had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment. Lawyer for the Department of Foreign Affairs, …
A twister wiped out three villages near the town of Pikit in North Cotabato on Thursday. In all, 152 homes, a mosque and a school were destroyed in the incident. No …
House Bill #5911 requires all ‘public utility vehicles’ (PUV) to install a speed limiter to curb the number of speed-related road accidents in the country. The House of Representatives has …
Victims of typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban have been told to sign their names on a list of Emergency Shelter Assistance beneficiaries, even though they received no help. It is also …
Anaheim police say an armed man, Percival Aguilar Agoncillo, aged 44, was arrested in the Esplanade area between Disneyland and California Adventure, after security found him with a loaded gun …
A spokesman for the human rights group ‘Karapatan’ was gunned down in Sorsogon this on Wednesday night. 63-year-old Teodoro “Todoy” Escanilla was gunned down by an unknown assailant after he stepped outside …
The Airport Council International (ACI) has named two airports in the Philippines as being some of the most efficient in the world. ACI listed Kalibo International Airport and Davao International Airport …