DOJ okays 44 tax cases vs ex-DPWH ‘BGC Boys’ over P1.68-B alleged tax liabilities
MANILA — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has found probable cause to file 44 criminal tax evasion cases against three former Department of Public...
Kenya to charge students with murder over deadly school fire
NAIROBI – Kenyan prosecutors say they are preparing to charge several students with the murder of their schoolmates following a suspected school arson attack...
France confirms 1st Ebola case – a doctor from Congo medical mission
PARIS – France has confirmed its first case of Ebola - a doctor who had returned from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic...
11-year-old boy dies of electrocution at Banate foam party
ILOILO — An 11-year-old boy died while a 25-year-old man was hospitalized after being electrocuted during a town fiesta foam party in Barangay Poblacion,...
Focus crimes drop by 20.31% in Western Visayas
ILOILO City – Focus crimes across Western Visayas decreased by 20.31 percent over a one month period, according to comparative data released by the...
Molo man caught with P5-million ‘shabu’
ILOILO City – A high-value target was arrested for possessing approximately P5 million worth of illegal drugs during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Calumpang,...
TRIPLE WEATHER THREAT BEARS DOWN ON WV; Flooding, evacuations feared as rivers near danger...
ILOILO City — Western Visayas has been placed on heightened alert as Typhoon Francisco, the intensified southwest monsoon (habagat), and an approaching tropical storm...
Negros PNP probes stabbing incident involving minors in San Carlos
BACOLOD City — The San Carlos City Police Station is investigating a stabbing incident involving two minors that left a Grade 9 student injured...
PBBM open to banning violent online games
MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is open to banning violent online games and reviewing the minimum age of criminal responsibility following the deadly...
Israel committing genocide by targeting Gaza children – UN
A UN commission of inquiry says Israel has deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza...