A man of the cloth and his family got the shock of their lives Monday morning after finding a four-month-old fetus hidden in a basket of fruits.
Monsignor Gerry Santos had just celebrated Mass at the Quiapo Church in Manila around 9 a.m. when he received a basket of fruits from an unknown donor.
A lawyer for Sulpicio Lines, Inc. on Tuesday moved to inhibit two officials of the Board of Marine Inquiry that is investigating the tragedy brought by capsizing of the shipping lines’ M/V Princess of the Stars late last month.
“Sulpico has no longer the trust and conficence of your persons,” Sulpicio legal counsel Arthur Lim said, [...]
Former president Corazon Aquino is responding well to chemotherapy treatment for colon cancer, her son, Sen. Benigno Aquino III said.
A Batangas court recently sentenced a woman to life imprisonment after finding her guilty of trafficking minors for sexual exploitation.
Apart from the prison sentence, Batangas Regional Trial Court Judge Florencio S. Arellano also ordered the accused to pay a fine of P2million apart from P50,000 for moral damages to each of her victims in a [...]
Eight of the country’s poorest provinces are exposed to multiple natural hazards, but they, like most localities in the Philippines, lack the capability to prepare for disasters.
Vinod Thomas, director-general of the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group, today said that lack of resources is a major constraint to the ability of local government units (LGUs) to [...]
The Philippine tricolor flies proudly side by side with the Stars & Stripes at the Independence Day parade in the nation’s capital.
Remnants of the Kuratong Baleleng robbery and kidnap gang, who were arrested in Pasay City Saturday, have admitted that “insiders” help them pull off bank and payroll robberies in Metro Manila and other parts of the country, the police said Monday.
Metro Manila police chief Director Geary Barias said suspects Pascual Mata, George Avila and Roy [...]
MANILA - As inflation soars in the Philippines and gasoline prices climb relentlessly, more and more commuters in the capital region are squeezing into suburban trains and public buses, putting an enormous strain on the services.
On the positive side, Metro Manila’s legendary traffic jams are diminishing, but that’s only good news for those who can [...]
Police on Monday night arrested three men for allegedly hitting a resident of San Juan City with a shotgun and harassing a policeman.