2 kids die, 3 hurt in Caloocan fire
Two children died while two of their siblings and a man were injured in a fire that razed their houses in Barangay 8, Caloocan City, before dawn Sunday. Supt. Stephen…
Hong Kong protesters set up roadblocks, clash with police
HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong protesters flooded the city's streets on Sunday in defiance of a ban by the authorities on their march, setting up roadblocks and tossing firebombs…
Iranian beauty queen seeks asylum in PH
Iranian beauty queen Zare Bahari Bahareh, who was intercepted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport immediately after her arrival last Thursday, could not be sent back to her native…
3 dead in Ilocos road mishaps
CAMP PRESIDENT ELPIDIO QUIRINO, Bulag, Bantay, Ilocos Sur – Three persons were killed while three others were injured in separate road accidents in this province last week. Police identified two…
P20,000 aid for quake victims in Davao del Sur
At least P20,000 each were given to families in Magsaysay, Davao del Sur whose houses were totally destroyed by the magnitude-6.3 earthquake that hit Tulunan, North Cotabato last Oct. 16,…
House mourns death of former Senate President Nene Pimentel
House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano led the House of Representatives in extending its sympathies to the bereaved family of former Senate President Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr. "We, members of the…
PNP effects massive revamp
The Philippine National Police has effected a massive revamp of major positions amid the drug recycling scandal that rocked the police organization in the past weeks. Based on reorganization order,…
‘Perla’ to leave PAR; another storm spotted
Typhoon "Perla" (international name "Neoguri") is expected to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility within 24 hours while another tropical cyclone is being monitored east of the country. Philippine Atmospheric,…
Palace rejects 2-year probationary for workers
Malacañang yesterday sided with Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III in rejecting the proposed bill in the House of Representatives seeking to extend the employment probation period from six months to…
Korean teacher wanted for fraud arrested
Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents have arrested a Korean teacher wanted by authorities in Seoul for swindling two compatriots of more than 100 million won, or roughly US$85,000.…
P100-M jewelry carted off in Mandaue City mall robbery
By CALVIN CORDOVA CEBU CITY – At least 15 armed men ran off with at least P100-million worth of jewelry in a daring robbery staged inside a mall in Mandaue…
Suspect in rape-slay of two-year-old girl in Negros Oriental nabbed
BACOLOD CITY – A man who allegedly killed and raped a two-year-old girl in Dauin, Negros Oriental last Tuesday was arrested in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental last Friday, three days…
Gov’t rescue truck driver shot dead in Negros Oriental
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 94th Infantry Battalion in Negros Oriental reported that suspected New People’s Army allegedly killed a government rescue truck driver in Sitio Panangan, Barangay Candabong, Manjuyod,…
NBI tapped to probe Yuson’s slay
Department of Justice (DoJ) Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct a case build-up on the killing of Batuan, Masbate Vice Mayor…
600 aftershocks jolt Mindanao
More than 600 aftershocks have been recorded by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology three days after a magnitude-6.3 earthquake hit Mindanao last Thursday. According to Phivolcs science research…
Duterte seeks honest, competent Chief Justice
Integrity and competence are the two fundamental attributes President Duterte is looking for in the next Chief Justice, Malacañang said Sunday. The President is set to appoint a new magistrate…
