Manila, July 6 (Xinhua) An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale Sunday jolted the eastern Philippine province of Aurora, the country's volcanology and seismology institute Philvocs...

ow does one reform an archaic political culture so ingrained that it makes a joke out of a democratic activity like the elections? Salic Ibrahim, chairman of the Citizen’s Coalition for...

Close this MANILA, Philippines--Politics has not been discussed in the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) plenary assembly in Manila, the group's spokesperson said on Sunday. "The...

Close this MANILA, Philippines--Former Ambassador to the United Nations Lauro Baja Jr. said on Sunday he was shocked by the civil suit filed by his former househelp and strongly denied her...

PARIS -- The European Union is to send a mission of experts to investigate toxic chemicals on board a Philippine ferry which sank carrying more than 850 people, French officials said...

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) ruled out any chance of damage or a tsunami caused by a quake that rocked parts of Luzon Sunday night. ...

MANILA, Philippines - A magnitude-5.4 earthquake was felt in parts of Metro Manila and Rizal province Sunday night, but state seismologists said no damage was reported. Philippine Institute of...

MANILA, Philippines - The Court of Appeals has denied a motion filed by the family of two missing University of the Philippines students seeking to compel Smart Communications to reveal the records...

Close this MANILA, Philippines--Boxing champion Manny Pacquaio would fight alongside government troops if he had his way, but his commanders won't let him. "Ayaw nila ako pasamahin e, baka daw...

MANILA, Philippines - An inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ) extending across northern Luzon may bring scattered rains and thunderstorms over central and northern regions, state weather...

MANILA, Philippines--Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Alexander Yano maintained Sunday that the threat posed by the group of lawyer Homobono Adaza was "not a military...

MANILA, Philippines--The Department of Transportation and Communications is asking the shipping industry to be ready to fill the void should Sulpicio Lines Inc. be shut down for its history of...

MANILA, Philippines - An assistant city prosecutor in Cebu City is set to face trial for allegedly receiving a P10,000 payoff in connection with a drug case she was handling. In a 22-page...

MANILA, Philippines - There is enough evidence to pin down former assemblyman Homobono Adaza and the four other individuals arrested with him, a Malacañang official said Sunday. This, as...

MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang on Sunday urged those questioning the appointments of new election commissioners Leonorado Leonida and Lucenito Tagle to bring their concerns to the Commission...

Five people have been killed in the Philippines after gunmen opened fire on a bus in the country's rebellion-hit south, survivors and officials say.No group immediately claimed responsibility for the...

MANILA, Philippines - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has ordered the reorganization of the six-man board of advisers of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) with the addition of two members...

MANILA, Philippines - Debt watchdog campaigners from the Philippines joined their counterparts from other Asian countries in Japan this weekend to challenge wealthy nations to cancel illegitimate...

MANILA, Philippines - At least three drums of chemicals believed to be from the capsized MV Princess of the Stars were recovered off Sibuyan Island in Romblon province over the weekend. Radio...

MANILA, Philippines - At least 17 people were injured while hundreds of residents lost their homes in a fire that hit a squatter's compound in Gudadalupe Viejo in Makati City shortly after...

s expected, schools from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) remained the worst performers in the National Achievement Test (NAT) for Grade 6 pupils. The exams are administered by...

BAGUIO CITY -- Ambassador Kristie Kenney celebrated US Independence Day on July 4 touring the 100-year-old Teachers Camp here Saturday, remarking that the Thomasites were the roots of the enduring...

AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED a Singaporean man suspected of being a courier for a human trafficking ring at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan said R....

EXCEPT FOR A SLIGHTLY DISFIGURED left eye, there is no sign that five-year-old Carylle Josh Cervantes is fighting for his life. Stricken with the rare blood disorder Langerhans cell histiocytosis...

THERE WILL BE NO MASSIVE CRACKDOWN against Filipinos and other migrants illegally living in European Union member-states under a new directive approved by the European Parliament. The assurance was...

THEY SAW IT COMING. Even before record-high oil prices prompted the government to aggressively promote the conversion of public utility jeepneys from diesel- to LPG-powered engines, some operators...

The whole country will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the southwest will prevail over the western secti ......

FOR 10 TO 20 MINUTES THAT ill-fated morning, the winds and waves suddenly recoiled, the sea became quiet and the air turned warm. Over 700 passengers on the MV Princess of the Stars heaved sighs of...

He is most famous for dressing royalty, notably queens and princesses, for their wedding days. Now Bruce Oldfield, the celebrated British couturier, has designs on something equally traditional: the...

ILIGAN CITY -- UNIDENTIFIED ARMED MEN shot dead the vice mayor of Pantar, Lanao del Norte, police authorities said yesterday. Already, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) started an...

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- SAYING HE FELT alluded to, the mayor of a town in Misamis Oriental sued a newspaper here for libel for reporting that local officials, including two town mayors, were squeezing...

BACOLOD CITY -- MORE FISHERMEN HAVE died and gone missing than the number of passengers on board the MV Princess of the Stars but they have not received equal attention and help from the national...

These are major Philippine marine tragedies recorded by the Board of Marine Inquiry through the years. 1980 February 14: MV Filnor IX sank in Coron, Palawan, with one person dead. April 22:...

Close this MANILA, Philippines -- Broadcast giant ABS-CBN has suspended news anchor Ces Drilon for disobeying orders not to go to Indanan, Sulu, where she and her cameramen Jimmy Encarnacion and...

MANILA, Philippines -- As world oil prices hit new record highs almost every day, oil firms again raised prices of their fuel products -- this time by P1 a liter for gasoline, P2 a liter for diesel...

Consumer prices in the Philippines surged by 11.4 per cent in June, the first double-digit rise in nine years and an increase of nearly two percentage points from the previous month amid soaring...

MANILA, Philippines - As they started their plenary assembly in Manila Saturday, Catholic bishops in the Philippines received a reminder from Pope Benedict XVI to continue serving as the shepherd of...

MANILA, Philippines - Police killed a suspected member of a robbery gang and seriously wounded another during an alleged shootout inside the parking area at Cartimar Shopping Center in Pasay City...

Termination as last resort “I can’t see how they can say that they are not redundant,” Isberto counters. “The landline business has gone through a significant change because...

MANILA, Philippines - Members of a church delegation from the United States on Saturday vowed to lobby their lawmakers to tie human rights to the US military aid to the Philippines as they concluded...

MANILA, Philippines - Amid the continuous increase in fuel prices, Speaker Prospero Nograles has proposed a P2-billion diesel subsidy for the benefit of the public transport sector. He said that...

MANILA: Newly-crowned World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight king Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao was designated on Friday as flag-bearer of the Philippines for the country's delegation to the Beijing...

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan -- Almost seven weeks after tropical storm "Cosme" devastated Pangasinan, many towns have yet to receive help from the national government. This was what President Gloria...

DIGOS CITY, Davao Del Sur -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to release P100 million for the construction of the 73-kilometer road will...

MANILA, Philippines -- Four million Filipino children are malnourished and the number is expected to grow as record-high inflation force households to cut down on food, officials of the Food and...

MANILA, Philippines -- Food and fuel price hikes pushed the Philippines' inflation rate last month to its highest level in 14 years, an official said...

MANILA, Philippines - A pending bill in the House of Representatives seeks to exempt senior citizens from paying expanded value-added tax (e-VAT) for goods and services. House Bill 4421 aims to...

Manila - A town official was killed by suspected communist rebels in a southern Philippine town, the latest attack against civilians in the area, a military report said Saturday. Noli Llanos, 47, an...

MANILA, Philippines - Opposition Sen. Panfilo Lacson urged prosecutors on Saturday to expand their list of bank accounts to be frozen in connection with the P728-million fertilizer scam. Lacson...

MANILA, Philippines - Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Saturday advised former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr to prepare himself for the probe of the allegedly anomalous Northrail project. In an...