Mayor Duterte calls in more firefighters to tackle Mount Apo blaze
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterete has ordered Central 911 to head into the hills of Mount Apo and assist in the massive fire there. Reports so far say that more …
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterete has ordered Central 911 to head into the hills of Mount Apo and assist in the massive fire there. Reports so far say that more …
The United States has told China it will not recognise an exclusion zone in the South China Sea and would view such a move as “destabilising,” US Deputy Secretary of …
The Abu Sayyaf Group which kidnapped 10 Indonesian crew members from two ships is demanding 10 million pesos for their release. The Foreign Affairs Ministry in Indonesia confirmed the report …
The Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island has erupted, shooting a column of ash on Tuesday evening. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology issued an advisory on the eruption, saying …
An online exhibition of jewellery owned by the Marcos family aims to educate a new generation about the corruption of that era. The postings on Facebook and Twitter by the …
Ten Indonesian crew members on board a tugboat were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants in the Philippines at the weekend, officials in Manila said late on Monday. Two Philippine military …
Japanese police early Monday caught a 23-year-old man who had been sought since a teenage girl escaped his apartment after being held captive for nearly two years. The girl’s disappearance …
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago has accepted an invitation to the International Development Law Organisation in Rome. Santiago will join several international luminaries as part of IDLO’s International Advisory Council. Founded by …
The Department of Transportation and Communications pushed back the bid submission deadline for the Davao Sasa Port Modernisation deal. The delay is just part of a string of delays concerning …
A Filipino posing as an Army major general was arrested after he attempted to extort money from several victims in Central Luzon. PNP arrested Salvador Escobar, alias “Army Maj. Gen. …
A major Philippine infrastructure project received no bids by a Monday deadline, underscoring worries about the viability of the project and concern that plans could be changed or even scrapped …
Global Ferronickel Holdings Inc , the Philippines’ second-biggest nickel ore miner, signed contracts with Chinese buyers, including Baosteel, equivalent to about 90 per cent of its nickel ore output target …
Last November, California state officials placed an indefinite hold on the commercial crab season, in order to protect public health. The reason given by the state was dangerously high levels …
According to a study published in Cell, researchers have determined how to isolate and edit messenger RNA that carries genetic instructions from the cell’s nucleus to make new proteins for the first …
Countries and mega-cities across Asia are highly exposed to natural hazards ranging from cyclones to earthquakes, but people in sub-Saharan Africa are more vulnerable, according to a report released last …
Anonymous hackers defaced the Commission on Elections (Comelec) website Sunday night, and “requested” that the commission implement security features on Precinct-Count Optical Scanner machines. The hackers also questioned the accuracy …
The Bangladesh central bank has asked the New York Fed and money laundering chiefs in the Philippines to help recover its stolen $81 million The news came as Finance Minister …
A young man carrying an improvised explosive device was arrested at a Davao City checkpoint on Good Friday. 22-year-old Roy Bulat-Ag Morena of Kidapawan City, was arrested after he attempted …
A fire has been raging on the Philippines’ tallest peak, Mt. Apo, since Saturday of Holy Week. A report shows that the fire began in the ‘blueberry’ area near the …
A Filipino-American has been appointed as the new Asian American Pacific Islander Outreach Director for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. Jason Tengco served as deputy director of the White House …
A Chinese fishing boat was caught illegally harvesting coral and endangered turtles in waters around the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands in the north of the contested South China Sea, Taipei’s Coast …
The Philippines has released a North Korean freighter it seized nearly a month ago under tough new UN sanctions, after no contraband was found onboard and the ship was cleared …
A teenager in Pennsylvania is in a bit of hot water after he responded to a scam originating from the Philippines. Pennsylvania State Police reported that a 15-year-old student from …
A Baltimore man has been arrested and charged with trafficking in child pornography. The charges stem from the discovery that he paid women in the Philippines to send him …
The Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur is urging undocumented Filipino workers in the country to take advantage of the Malaysian government’s ongoing rehiring programme. The programme aims to provide undocumented …
Customs authorities at the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen destroyed 34.78 tons of “substandard bananas” imported from the Philippines due to excessive pesticide use, state TV said on Saturday. The bananas, …