Controversial painting of Richard Gomez sparks art debate
The yellow painting of actor and Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez sparked debates on what makes art “art” and valuable. The controversial painting featured a male sex organ and was …
The yellow painting of actor and Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez sparked debates on what makes art “art” and valuable. The controversial painting featured a male sex organ and was …
An 18-year-old worker in Iloilo City suffered a hideously gruesome death after getting himself caught in an industrial meat grinder. The victim has been identified as Jomar Junco, who was …
Three children were found dead after accidentally locking themselves into a car where they suffocated amid sweltering heat. The cousins have been named as Agatha Morales, aged nine, Shamel Alghela …
An agricultural town in central Luzon is won a place in the Guinness Book of Records after building the tallest bamboo statue in the world. The residents of Bayambang, in …
A strawberry shortcake weighing 1.6 tons and enough to feed 12,000 people has been created in the town of La Trinidad in Benguet. The record-breaking cake was made to celebrate …
A transgender person from Cebu has been slapped with an obscenity charge after a naked romp through a busy road in Kuala Lumpur. Kent Caburnay Acuin was charged at a …
A Palawan father leapt into a river and repeatedly bit and punched a saltwater croc to free his 12-year-old son from its jaws. Superintendent Socrates Faltado, of Balabac police, said …
A section of road between Cotabato City and Davao City was blocked after hundreds of cases of San Miguel beer fell off the back of a truck. The mishap was …
Puerto Princesa’s chief vet has warned of the dangers of sex with animals following the alleged “gang rape” of a dog in the city. As we reported on Thursday (January …
An animal rights group has claimed that a dog was “gang raped” by a group of men in Palawan’s Puerto Princesa City. Strategic Power for Animal Respondents (SPAR) — Philippines …
A 24-year-old man killed his mother with a hammer in Tacloban City believing she was an aswang, or blood-sucking monster. Radio station RMN identified the victim as 59-year-old Delia Ondes Betor who …
A YouTuber who claims to be a time traveller from the year 2030 has predicted a crime-free golden age for the Philippines. Speaking on ApexTV — a YouTube channel dedicated …
A teenager from Albay Province — whose superstitious family believed she was pregnant with a fish — has been diagnosed with an ovarian cyst. Kimberley Robles, aged 17, started gaining …
A funeral parlour is accused of renting out the corpse of a woman who was kidnapped and murdered to fake wake operators. It is alleged that an unidentified mortuary sold …
A self-described witch was arrested for extortion after she threatened a woman over payment for a love potion she had concocted. Jhane Mendoza, aged 29, was arrested on Monday (July …
Superstitious villagers in Minanao have blamed a mythical blood-sucking creature for the nocturnal death of 21 fighting cocks. On Sunday (July 29), residents of Kauswagan village in Cagayan de Oro awoke …
A teenage boy hunting for ‘derby spiders’ was killed by an electrified wire set by a neighbour to prevent his prized fighting cocks being stolen. Edison Calsado Caratay, aged 16, …
A Filipino medical clinic is using an image of the superhero Wolverine to advertise its cut-price circumcision package. The (presumably-unlicensed) use of the image was spotted outside the Dionisio M …
A young Filipino fisherman has flown home after surviving two months adrift at sea. Rolando Omongos, aged 21, recounted his astonishing tale of survival when he arrived at Manila airport, …
A Filipino father visiting family in Melbourne has had both his legs amputated after being bitten by a spider in a suburban garden. Now his family have made a desperate …
A one-month-old kitten has recovered after being found wandering the streets of Manila with her eyes, ears and nose stitched together. The cruelly tortured creature, now named July, was found …
A Facebook user from Davao del Sur has claimed that a group of Indian medics were thrown out of a hotel because they smelled bad. According to ‘Cudlob Doow Lezah’, …
Last weekend’s discovery of Manfred Fritz Bajorat, found dead and mummified on his yacht off Siargao del Sur, has taken a strange turn. The body of the 59-year-old was …
A British Airways flight was forced to turn around because of a “smelly poo”. The plane was heading from Heathrow to Dubai on Thursday – a seven-hour flight. Abhishek Sachdev, …