MANILA, Philippines - The United States Army has charged an American serviceman with raping a 22-year-old Filipino woman in Okinawa, Japan, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a statement released last August 1.
The DFA said the US Army charged 25-year-old Specialist Ronald Edward Hopstock Jr of violating Section 120 of the US [...]
MANILA, Philippines - A man was killed and another wounded in a stabbing incident early Tuesday morning in Quezon City, police said.
PO2 Rodel Tomanday of the Quezon City Police said the fatality was identified only as “Alias Totoy,” who succumbed to multiple stab wounds around 3:30 a.m.
He died while undergoing treatment at the Quezon City [...]
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - The Philippine government pledged Tuesday to convince some politicians in Mindanao to drop their opposition to an accord aimed at ending a southern insurgency by granting Moros an expanded homeland.
The preliminary agreement had been scheduled to be signed in Malaysia on Tuesday, but the Philippine Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order [...]
The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) said it lost an estimated P700,000 in revenues following Monday’s fire near the LRT station in Sta. Cruz, Manila.
Jinky Jiorgio, LRTA public relations officer, said the losses do not yet include materials and equipment damaged by the fire.
“May mga gamit, equipment na affected ng sunog,” Jorgio told abs-cbnNEWS.com.
Airport officials were expecting operations at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (NAIA 3) to normalize Tuesday, after days of encountering a confluence of problems that stranded hundreds of passengers.
The Malabon City government has committed to build two new pumping stations in Barangay Dampalit, which has been experiencing perennial flooding during rainy seasons.
The construction, however, will not be able to solve the barangay’s current flood problem. Classes in two schools in the barangay — Dampalit Public School Main and its annex — were still [...]
A high school student, believed to have committed suicide, was found hanging inside his family’s house in Novaliches area in Quezon City late Monday.
Police investigation revealed that the 17-year old male victim could have killed himself using a cable wire from a bicycle’s brake when his mother reportedly discovered his body hanging inside the kitchen [...]
Maverick Relova and Ariel Villasanta will have a new show under the kapuso network.
Paolo Contis will now embark into hosting for his new show on GMA 7.
The show is called “World Records” and it will premiere on August 19, 2008 under the “Bilib Ka Ba Nights” block.
The new show airs every Tuesday nights after Dalja’s Spring.
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Valerie Concepcion has launched her new fitness video “Slendance” wherein she danced a routine very similar to the Marimar dance of Marian Rivera.
During the press conference of her Slendance video, Valerie was asked how she feels being compared to the Dyesebel star, she said “I don’t naman want to be compared with anyone naman e, [...]