6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (133+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Five policemen accused of planting drug evidence in 2022 have had their petition dismissed by the Court of Appeals. Appellants had filed a petition challenging a Manila court’s order in 2025 denying their motion to quash the charges of planting…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (600+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) asked a Pasig City court to immediately resolve its pending motion for reconsideration seeking to lift the freeze order on Metro Manila's P85 daily minimum wage increase. In a motion to resolve…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (323+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The Land Transportation Office is investigating the use of the EDSA busway by a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority patrol car, LTO chief Markus Lacanilao announced yesterday. Aside from the violation, Lacanilao said the patrol car was using a…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (219+ words) COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Two truckmen died while a driver was injured when their truck, due to sudden mechanical trouble, hit a roadside powerline post, rolled over and landed on its side along the highway in Barangay Malasila in Makilala, Cotabato…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (183+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Police are pursuing leads in the killing of a 31-year-old woman and her two children, whose bodies were found in an abandoned vehicle in San Rafael, Bulacan on Thursday. Probers said they received information that could possibly help…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (341+ words) MANILA, Philippines — A municipal vice mayor in Lanao del Sur who has been wanted for murder was arrested in Iligan City on Friday night. Vice Mayor Ali Eskander Alonto III, 36, of Marantao town was collared at Crystal Inn in Barangay…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (266+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) uncovered yesterday a new scheme in smuggling illegal drugs into the country after intercepting P292.4 million worth of shabu concealed in a shipment of talc stones from Afghanistan. Nepomuceno said 43 kilos of suspected methamphetamine…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (524+ words) CEBU, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival is reviving efforts initiated by former mayor Michael Rama to recover the three-meter easement along city rivers as a key measure to address the city’s persistent flooding problem. Archival’s Chief of Staff Kenneth…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (480+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The family of Rey Grabato II, a Filipino national wanted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for alleged fraud, revealed that he is currently recovering from a severe stroke that has left him partially paralyzed. The…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (274+ words) ILOILO CITY, Philippines — A scion of a political family in Iloilo province has been listed among the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s most wanted fraudsters. US authorities offered a reward of up to $150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction…...