Davao City council approves free city-wide wifi
Davao City Council has approved a second reading on a request to authorise Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to enter into an agreement to bring free Wifi to the city. The Free …
Davao City Council has approved a second reading on a request to authorise Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to enter into an agreement to bring free Wifi to the city. The Free …
Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Ronaldo Geron has directed newly installed BI intelligence chief Rommel De Leon to tighten security and monitoring of “all foreigners” entering the Philippines. Mr Geron said …
Military officials confirmed that two hostages have been decapitated by IS Group jihadists in the hills of Butig, Lanao del Sur on Monday. Military officials said that the bodies of …
The highly blunt-speaking Thai Prime Minister advised his country’s young women this week not to dress too revealingly, otherwise they will be shunned like a piece of toffee without its …
A Canadian man who repeatedly entered Michigan to buy and ship thousands of turtles to his native China only to be caught with 51 of them strapped to his legs …
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Southeast Asian online retailer Lazada Group for about $1 billion, its biggest deal overseas, as the Chinese ecommerce …
The World Bank has allotted 12-billion pesos for rural development projects in Mindanao under the the PRDP – or Philippine Rural Development Project. The amount will be awarded by the …
A 25-year old American woman appeared in court Monday on misdemeanor charges for allegedly insulting the United Arab Emirates in public while waiting for a taxi at the Abu Dhabi …
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Someone known as barfreakzsw off of Facebook supplied the most hilarious meme for Davao City. With the huge power outage issues in the Davao City region, …
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has said motorcycle owners can still use LED lighting but with certain restrictions. LTO spokesman Jason Salvador said the previous rules and regulations governing the …
A 60-year-old businesswoman was shot dead in Magsaysay public market at 5pm on Thursday. The fatality, identified as Alicia Salvador, sustained multiple gunshot woulds to the body. Her son, Louie, …
Three people were killed in an ambush in Don Carlos, Bukidnon yesterday. Killed were 60-year-old Abraham Tan Less Chuy, a Chinese contractor from Quezon City, 60-year-old Romeo Labis and 48-year-old …
The National Bureau of Investigation is hunting for seven people involved with the ‘One Lightening Corp.’ a pyramid marketing firm that scammed people out of as much as 500 million pesos. One Lightening Corp. was …
Tired and emotional, former Italian priest Rolando del Torchio sat in a hospital, finally free after his captors were paid a 29-million peso ransom. Del Torchio said he wants to set aside …
As foreigners and Ceubuanos head to the beach and other resort and summer time getaways, the Cebu Provincial Board has passed two new resolutions aimed and securing the safety of …
With the recent release of Rolando del Torchio, the current count of foreigners kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf (directly or indirectly), stands at four. A recent count by the AFP media group …
A United States Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol plane discovered three men on an uninhabited island in Micronesia on Thursday. The plane was operating out of Misawa, Japan when it …
The Philippines on Monday launched the first public immunisation programme for dengue fever, seeking to administer to a million schoolchildren the world’s first licensed vaccine against a mosquito-borne disease that …
U.S. Embassy, Manila, Philippines Message for U.S. Citizens: Cebu Consular Agency accepting Consular Reports of Birth Abroad April 8, 2016 THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES IS TRANSMITTING THE FOLLOWING …
The US has allocated more than $120 million in military aid to the Philippines this year, the most in about 15 years, a senior Philippine diplomat said on Friday, amid …
Islamist terrorists on a remote Philippines island have again threatened to execute a pair of Canadian men if ransom isn’t paid soon. The violent Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf wants …
A retired Italian priest abducted six months ago by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants has been released, police and the Italian government say. Rolando Del Torchio was picked up at a …
The three largest US airlines have changed the way they price multi-city trips, forcing those who book such itineraries to pay hundreds of extra dollars in airfare. Most fliers buy …
The European Union executive is considering whether to make US and Canadian citizens apply for visas before traveling to the bloc, a move that could raise tensions as Brussels negotiates …
Marcventures Holdings, one of the Philippines’ biggest nickel miners, has said it was considering building a processing plant and acquiring a mining company to boost output and exports. If the …
The US Navy will seek $81.4 billion to buy 38 warships, submarines and support vessels over the next five years, according to new budget figures from the service. The dollar size …