Real estate developer Torre Lorenzo Development Corporation (Torre Lorenzo) is building four luxury developments in the next five years, beginning with Siam 8000, the company’s first master-planned luxury residential community …
A newly 150-million peso road will provide easier access to tourists wanting to see Bukidnon’s largest flower sanctuary, say the Department of Public Works and Highways. The sanctuary is at …
The Philippines National Police (PNP) Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested two Koreans who are accused of being involved in human trafficking via a “mail-order bride” scheme. The PNP used …
Thousands of Koreans living in the Philippines stand to gain permanent resident status thanks to a new Bureau of Immigration (BI) policy. Immigration commissioner Siegfred Mison said the BI had …
A departing seaman was held at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) after his name popped up on the Bureau of Immigration’s ‘alert list’. Raul Samson had failed to pay a 500-peso …
A total of 143 American Soldiers will be honoured for their contribution to the liberation of Palawan between April 21-23. The men were burned alive toward the end of the World …
A 42-year-old Indian who operated a lending business was shot several times on Monday evening in Sitio Abuno, Barangay Pajac in Lapu-Lapu City. Jaswinder Singh Gill, a temporary resident of …
The Ifugao rice terraces, ne of the most iconic landscapes of the Philippines is again in danger of deterioration. The UNESCO World Heritage Site covers about 1,600 hectares in the …
Iraya Mangyan representatives walked out of a meeting called by the National Commission on Indigenous People after they refused to sign a resolution to give up ancestral lands to make-way …
A digger driver found what appears to be a World War Two bomb on Tuesday morning at a construction site at the Old Airport in the Mandurriao district of Iloilo …
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is warning love-struck romantics about a new scam doing the rounds in the Philippines. On Thursday the BI issued a warning about those who are sweet-talked …
A boarder who was behind on his rent reportedly started a fire that razed a two-story residential and commercial building in Mandaluyong City yesterday. Arson investigators are hunting down a …
A 32-year-old man was arrested on Sunday afternoon after he was caught sleeping in the living room of a house he allegedly burgled in Quezon City. Encarnacion Magsino, aged 91, …
About 300 barangay officials in Negros Occidental are facing complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman. Jeffrey Rumbines, president of the Association of Local Government Accountants in Negros Occidental (Algano), …
Therma South Inc. (TSI) said on Wednesday the Mindanao-wide blackout on Easter Sunday caused damage to one of its coal-fired power plants, which is expected to delay commercial operations by …
Environmental advocates presented a petition for the immediate suspension of the Australian Oceana Gold Didipio Mine in Nueva Vizcaya to the officials of Mines and Geosciences Bureau in a dialogue …
The Philippines has returned to the Venice Biennale Art Exhibit in Venice, Italy, after a five-decade absence. This week Senator Loren Legarda lauded the Philippines for its return to the international …
One of Cebu’s most historic landmarks is being eating by termites, the 494-year-old Magellan Cross, and the pavilion which houses it, will be closed off as experts are brought in …
The Malacañang has approved the procurement of additional multirole vessels and aircraft to improve the operation capability of the Philippine Coast Guard in the South China Sea and other areas. …
The remains of nearly 400 US servicemen who died on the USS Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor will be exhumed, identified and given individual burials. The USS Oklahoma was torpedoed in the …
Gunmen shot dead a policeman and his female companion in Mati City, Davao Oriental, on Monday night, police said. Senior Supt. Jose Carumba, Davao Oriental police chief, identified the slain cop as …
Davao City’s mayor Rodrigo Duterte is known for being tough on crime – and he now backs the idea of reinstating the death penalty. Mayor Duterte proposed the death penalty …
Communist rebels attacked a gold processing plant owned by the family of Mayor Joselito Brillantes in Monkayo, Compostela Valley on Tuesday night. The attack at the JB Management Mining Corp. …
Filipino boxing champion and Saranggani Representative Manny Pacquiao will run for president, promoter Bob Arum said. A report from TMZ Sports quoted Arum as saying Pacquiao would run as Philippine …
An Indian money lender was shot dead in Lapu-Lapu City Monday, with police looking at a business dispute as a possible motive. Police said victim Jaswinter Singh Gill had already …
Some five children who allegedly did not realise the depth of the water drowned in a river in Barangay Hacienda, Bugallon town, Pangasinan on Tuesday. The victims have been identified …