Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte yesterday said President Aquino must take full responsibility for the disastrous operation to capture international terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan, in Mamasapano, Maguindanao on January 25 …
109-year-old Alfred Date learned to knit in the 1930s from his sister-in-law. After moving to a retirement home in Australia the nurses noticed Mr Date’s love of knitting. Now he is helping …
Kuwait’s appeals court has upheld the death sentence of a policeman for “abducting, raping and attempting to murder” a Filipina woman. The lower court condemned the policeman, identified only by …
67-year-old Yoshihiro Hasegawa has been arrested after he was detained at the Manila Police District for failing to pay his hotel bill at the City Garden Suites in Ermita. After …
Philippine foreign direct investment (FDI) rose to new heights in November as the country preserved its image as a safe bet, data released this week showed. Data for January to …
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago has called the leader of the Mamasapano clash a “Failure.” “You’re a failure, You’re incompetent” – “You cited intervening factors” – “The operation should have proceed smoothly” …
Singapore tourism dipped slightly in the year ending 2014. Fewer international visitors came to the tiny country, the first drop since 2009. The numbers come in at a time when …
The long wait for your United Kingdom visa is about to be over – that’s the message from the country’s embassy in the Philippines. The usual 15 working days for processing …
“It won’t be a difficult placement,” Marchionne said Tuesday in an interview. “I wish they were all like this. The execution of this is going to be very short. We …
Are you a selfie freak? Everyone in the Philippines knows that the narcissistic craze is in full flow and has been for numerous years. Numerous places have been in the …
Manila businessmen may soon be required to become member of the new “ERAP” security share system which is being proposed in the region. In the proposal which is coauthored by …
gas-Agas, which stands at 84 metres, making it the country’s highest bridge, is in danger of collapse. Heavy rains in the Eastern Visayas area during the past 12 months have …
British luxury sports car maker Aston Martin will be coming to the Philippines in an agreement forged in a recent conference in London. Aston Martin Lagonda chief executive officer Andy …
Lina Hristova, a 65-year-old Bulgarian living in Barangay Poblacion in Santa Maria, Bulacan, was shot and killed by an unidentified gunman. The report that reached the office of Ferdinand Divina, …
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) believes that the three Filipinos abducted in Libya are still alive despite some reports indicating that they were beheaded. Charles Jose, Foreign Affairs spokesman, …
A new Davao City Immigration Chief has been appointed after a major shake-up in the Bureau of Immigration. Janet Anolin, who was immigration supervisor at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), …
Davao Region Department of Tourism director, Robert Alaadao said only a small event with several foreign delegates was cancelled over the time period of the Mamasapano clash on the island …
Davao City Mayor, Rodrigo Duterte, has said he does not want any foreign team or individual to intervene with the investigation into the Mamasapano killings. He also said that an all-out-war, as …
The oldest living crew member of the Battleship USS Arizona that survived the attack on Pearl Harbor has died in Yuba City, California, at the age of 100. Retired Navy Lt. …
Two police officers are dead and a civilian injured in Cabanglasan, Bukidnon, after a surprise drug test for Region #10 policemen yielded two positive results. The fatalities include the chief …
The general manager of the Silliman University Cooperative in Dumaguete City has been sentenced to up to three years in prison and fined 50,000 pesos for refusing to give the mandatory 20% …
The Philippines is celebrating the second birthday of the 25th Philippine Eagle bred in captivity. The eagle, named Mabuhay, lives in the Philippine Eagle Foundation in Malagos, Calinan, near Davao City. …
A birthday celebration in Marikina City turned deadly on Saturday when a construction worker who was invited to the celebration sang out of tune. Police say 22-year-old Vincent Torefel of Tumana …
Ten people including a school teacher and a 15-year-old minor girl were arrested after they were caught sniffing shabu in Danao City on Saturday night. Poice were responding to an armed …
Husband and wife Robert and Kristen Lopez were among the big winners at the 2015 Grammy Awards. The couple each won their Grammy for “Best Song Written For Visual Media” …
A Swedish man has been arrested for beating his girlfriend and then getting into a fight with the Sibonga Police. 37-year-old Peter Felix Widegren from Oslo, Norway, resisted arrest but was …