Manila, Sep 5 (Xinhua) Rescue operators have managed to locate the wreckage of the Philippine air force C-130 cargo plane one week after it crashed into the southern Philippine sea with 11 people on board, military sources said...

MANILA, Philippines - A record number of 6,533 law graduates will to take the 2008 Bar examinations for the four Sundays of this month at the De La Salle University in Manila, the Supreme Court said...

MANILA, Philippines - Privately-owned power generating plants are profitable and a study made by a UP team of scholars showed rate of return in the excess of 70 percent. The study, presented by UP...

Manila - The United Nations on Friday vowed to send more aid to more than 500,000 people displaced by fighting between Muslim separatist rebels and government troops in the southern Philippines. Amid...

Inflation in the Philippines rose to its highest rate in nearly 17 years in August, climbing to 12.5 percent from a year ago, the government said Friday.The National Statistics Office said the August...

Dignitaries and honorees of the Diamond Jubilee of Southwestern University (from left, lowermost row) SWU Pres. Eldigario D. Gonzales, DPA; Dean Emeritus Carmen V.N. San Lorenzo, Dean Maria Elena A....

MANILA, Philippines -- The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed and named the Filipino fatality in the Dubai helicopter crash. In a text message, DFA spokesman Claro Cristobal said Diosdado...

MANILA, Philippines -- There is no need to renegotiate the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) if senators accept the exchange of notes between the two countries, Philippine...

MANILA, Philippines -- Government lawyers presented on Friday before the Supreme Court another proof that the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front would...

MANILA, Philippines -- The government is set to spend P3 billion to develop science and technology education if Congress approves the P1.425-trillion budget for 2009, Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya...

MANILA, Philippines -- Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) general manager Winston Garcia still enjoys President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's trust despite another graft charge filed against him,...

MANILA, Philippines - Just two days after slashing the prices of its pump products, UniOil Petroleum Philippines Inc (UPPI) said on Friday that motorists could expect another oil price rollback next...

MANILA, Philippines -- The Supreme Court decision upholding executive privilege for Social Security System president Romulo Neri has prevented the truth behind the scandal-tainted national broadband...

MANILA, Philippines -- "Love it or leave it," Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago told her colleagues in the Senate pushing for a renegotiation of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement...

Manila: Philippine Muslim rebels stopped a United Nations convoy and seized food supplies for tens of thousands of people displaced by fighting in the country, police said on Friday. Regional police...

LOS ANGELES—It’s final. Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao fights Oscar “Golden Boy” De La Hoya in a 12-round, non-title fight on Dec. 6. The duel is easily a dream match-up...

LOS ANGELES — Tina Fey, the hottest comedy writer-actress in town, with 17 Emmy nominations for her creation, “30 Rock”, a sitcom based on her experiences as a former...

The Philippine government says inflation rose to 12.5 percent in August from a year ago, the highest in nearly 17 years.The National Statistics Office said in a report Friday that the August figure...

MANILA, Philippines - The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) on Friday ordered Sulpicio Lines Inc. to submit a formal report explaining the circumstances that led to the latest mishap involving...

MANILA, Philippines - Malaya publisher Amado "Jake" Macasaet on Friday escaped another attempt by authorities to throw him in jail by posting bail for a second warrant of arrest for libel, filed this...

MANILA, Philippines - The government has increased the bounty for the arrest of two Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to P10 million each, a radio report said Friday. The report quoted Interior...

MANILA, Philippines - Dramatizing the "uselessness" of the family access cards, militant urban poor groups burned Friday an effigy of the access cards at the National Food Authority office in Quezon...

MANILA, Philippines -- The crew of two hijacked Malaysian ships, among them 14 Filipino sailors, are safe, a representative of ship owner Malaysian International Shipping Corp. (MISC) told reporters...

meanwhile denied media reports that aid agencies had accused the military of blocking food aid. The MILF attacks followed a Supreme Court writ issued last month against a draft peace agreement that...

(AFP)--A U.S. Navy ship has found the wreckage of a Philippine air force troop transport plane which crashed at sea last month with the loss of all nine crew, the Philippine armed forces said...

-(Dow Jones)- Philippine central bank Governor Amando Tetangco Friday said the dollar is now "overbought" against the peso and expects the latter to recover in the coming quarter on the back of...

MANILA, Philippines - Heavy rains slowed down traffic in some parts of Manila before noon Friday a radio report said. Radio dzBB's Aileen Intia reported that even at the Malacañang...

MANILA, Philippines - With the Supreme Court having upheld executive privilege for former socio-economic secretary Romulo Neri on the $329.48-million ZTE broadband deal mess, militants vowed to...

MANILA, Philippines - Invoking the principle of "social justice," militant drivers are lining up a series of protests to push for an instant rollback of fuel prices by at least P6 per liter. The...

MANILA, Philippines - The arraignment of former Justice secretary Hernando Perez on graft charges failed to push through Friday, after the graft court accommodated his lawyers' petition for oral...

he proposed ancestral homeland agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is not “self-executing” since its implementation will be up to Congress and future actions—a...

MANILA, Philippines - Four Pasig City policemen are now in hot water over allegations that they are extorting money from subjects of arrest warrants they are ordered to serve. Radio dzBB reported...

MANILA, Philippines - After a legal debacle Thursday, senators are considering asking the Supreme Court to reconsider again its decision upholding executive privilege for former socio-economic...

MANILA, Philippines - After being denied asylum on his birthday last August 27, former Agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn Bolante may spend Christmas in a Philippine jail, a civil society lawyer...

MANILA, Philippines - Provincial governors crossed party lines Friday to condemn Wednesday's predawn ambush on Batanes Governor Telesforo Castillejos in southern Metro Manila. The League of...

MANILA, Philippines - A robber preying on taxi drivers was arrested after his victim chanced on a team of patrolling village watchmen in Quezon City before dawn Friday. Radio dzBB's Roland...

MANILA (Reuters) - Alan Marasigan looks like any other Filipino as he fiddles with his cell phone inside a shopping mall in Manila. But his American accent and perfect English give him...

MANILA, Philippines - The national Security Council (NSC) Thursday said it will meet local communities in Mindanao this month to address security problems. The meeting on Sept. 16-17 is in line...

MANILA, Philippines - A state statistical agency will partner with local governments that will provide a more targeted approach to alleviating poverty. Romulo A. Virola, director-general of the...

INTENT TO KILL This is how Batanes Gov. Telesforo Castillejos describes his still unknown assailants during a bedside interview at Medical City in Pasig City. A day after his ambush in Pasay City,...

MANILA, Philippines - The weather bureau Thursday said it will be able to provide more frequent announcements, especially during sever conditions, with an additional budget give to the agency next...

The Supreme Court (SC), in a 9-6 vote, declared final yesterday its March 25 ruling that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo properly invoked executive privilege for former SocioEconomic Planning...

First of all, she hasn’t been proposed to yet by her beau of severalyears now. And most importantly, Iza who has a contract with GMA Network for three more years expressed that she is giving her...

MANILA, Philippines - A bill which seeks to allow farmer-beneficiaries to use lands awarded to them as collateral for loans from banks and other financial institutions has been filed in the House of...

THE Philippine Councilors League (PCL), the organization that brings together legislators on the local level, observes Philippine Councilors League Week in the first week of...

"Pacquiao is a more proven commodity than Mayweather was at the time that fight (with De La Hoya) was made," Top Rank big boss Bob Arum told fight scribe Robert Morales...

University of the East thumped Far Eastern University, 73-61, yesterday to deny the Tamaraws an outright playoff for the second twice-to-beat incentive in the semifinals of the UAAP basketball...

A newly released report said local government units (LGUs) should turn to ICT to address the employment needs of their citizens in the face of a projected economic slowdown for the...

One of the 90s biggies Third Eye Blind is in the country to perform as the main act for San Miguel Oktoberfest kick-off party in Ortigas, Mandaluyong where a couple of world records for toasting and...

MANILA, Philippines - Feedmillers will be forced to use more cassava as an ingredient in livestock and poultry feeds given high prices and a possible drop in corn production, government and industry...