Agency behind new Philippine tourism ad denies plagiarism
High praise for what appeared to be a charming, engaging promotional video released by the Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) …
High praise for what appeared to be a charming, engaging promotional video released by the Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) …
Three South Koreans have been found dead with gunshot wounds to their heads in the region of Bacolor, Pamapanga. So far no motive in the case has been found. The …
The US government has again urged the Philippines to comply with human rights commitments amid the rising number of killings and murders involving drug-related police operations. The United Nations has also …
Cebu City Police have filed criminal charges against Craig Keith Ratcliff and his wife, Maria Aisa Baldomar-Ratcliff for the murder and burning of US Navy veteran Timothy Wilson in Busay, Cebu three …
Microsoft has acquired the professional social network LinkedIn Corp. in a deal worth $26.2 billion. The deal is marked as the largest technology-industry deal on record. The deal puts Microsoft …
A teenager has stabbed a Taiwanese pensioner to death, while injuring the victim’s wife during a robbery/break-in at the couple’s home in Rizal, Nueva Ecija. The 15-year-old stabbed businessman Pai Chi …
The country’s President-elect, Rodrigo Duterte, told reporters on Thursday he offered “no apologies for his fierce criticism of the country’s media”, insisting most journalists are nothing more than “Vultures.” On …
A Christian missionary from South Korea was bludgeoned to death with a spade and a cooking gas tank on Friday by a robber who broke into his home southeast of …
President Elect Rodrigo Duterte has announced that a Belgian will be his personal chef at the Malacañang when he takes office on June 30th. Peter de Cauwer was introduced to the …
BEIJING, China – (Reuters) – China has asked Britain for advice on plans to create a financial super-regulator, as it looks to improve financial oversight following last year’s stock market …
A Polish man has died after have a heart-attack while scuba-diving at the Tubbataha Reefs National Park. Zbigniew Szewczky, aged 65, had been diving for just 15 minutes the cardiac arrest struck. The boat’s crew …
The Philippine elections commission ruled on Tuesday it would not stop a WBO welterweight fight between Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao and US champion Timothy Bradley next month because there …
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. …
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 …
The rate of carbon emissions is higher than at any time in fossil records stretching back 66 million years to the age of the dinosaurs, according to a study of …
Two foreign nationals have been found dead in separate events in Manila this week. Manila Police – Homicide Section said that their office received a call that a Japanese man …
MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Immigration has said that the 3,000-plus foreigners who became permanent Philippine residents under the 1995 amnesty law may now have their visas re-stamped – …
Richard Alexander Harbich, a 40-year-old German, jumped to his death from the third floor of SM City Bacolod Mall just two days after failing at a similar suicide bid. Mr Harbich traveled to …
Three brothers are dead after their uncle told them last year that he “had a dream” about gold bars being buried in the area around their home. The three brothers …
An inmate’s wife has been arrested after jail officers discovered she was hiding shabu in her vagina when she attempted to enter the jail facility in Lipa City on Thursday. …
The French embassy in the Philippines on Wednesday opened a new visa center in Makati to accommodate “the significant increase in volume” of Filipinos applying for Schengen visas. French Ambassador …
A Swedish man and his Filipina wife lost more than 400,000 pesos worth of valuables to burglars who broke into to their rented home in Villalon Subdivision in Barangay Capital Site, Cebu City. …
WASHINGTON DC – Congress will enact a new law denying or revoking passports of US citizens who have not paid their taxes. The law is aimed at denying Americans who …
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Bacolod City has filed a case against Jorge Obenita III of San Mateo, Rizal, for large scale estafa (swindling). Obenita is the manger …
THE Davao City Prosecutor’s Office has affirmed the charges of illegal possession of firearm filed against an Australian who was caught trying to sneak in a disassembled firearm through a …
A non-government organization (NGO) worker was tied to a tree, doused in gasoline and set on fire by at least five unidentified men in Cebu City on Monday. A police investigation suggested Daniel …