4 Marine witnesses in Laude slay case leave PH – DFA
The four US witnesses to the killing of a Filipino transgender woman in Olongapo City allegedly by an American serviceman have left the country, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday....
View ArticleArmy discover huge NPA camp in North Cotabato
COTABATO CITY: The military in North Cotabato on Sunday discovered a major encampment of the communist New People’s Army (NPA), authorities here said. Col. Nilo Vinluan, 57th Infantry Battalion...
View ArticleClimate talks told to ease rifts as heat busts record
PARIS: Fresh United Nations climate talks opened in Bonn on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) with a plea for nations to overcome rifts as scientists reported record global temperatures for a month of...
View ArticleSerial killing suspect leads US police to seven bodies
WASHINGTON: US police identified an alleged serial killer on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) and said that the 43-year old sex offender has admitted involvement in at least seven murders and may have...
View ArticleSwedish navy widens search for mystery submarine
STOCKHOLM: The Swedish navy stepped up its hunt on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) for a suspected foreign submarine in its waters with fingers pointing at Moscow in a throwback to the Cold War. Swedish...
View ArticleJihadists launch fresh assault on Kobane
MURSITPINAR, Turkey: The Islamic State launched a fresh assault on Kobane late on Monday hours after it was announced that Kurds, who are defending the besieged Syrian border town, had received a first...
View ArticleHK leader: Democracy would see poor people dominate vote
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed leader Leung Chun-ying told media that if the government met pro-democracy protesters’ demands it would result in the city’s poorer people dominating elections. In...
View ArticleDesigner de la Renta passes away
NEW YORK CITY: Legendary fashion designer Oscar de la Renta, whose beautiful clothes defined American elegance for generations and were beloved by first ladies and Hollywood stars, died on Monday...
View ArticleThailand’s junta-picked council starts work on reforms
BANGKOK: A council selected by Thailand’s ruling junta on Tuesday started work on reforms to close the nation’s festering political divide, a task critics dismiss as aimed at diluting the influence of...
View ArticleChina ‘executed 2,400′ last year: rights group
BEIJING: The world’s top executioner China put 2,400 people to death last year, a US-based rights group said on Tuesday, shedding rare light on a statistic Beijing considers a state secret. The figure...
View ArticleCEO of French oil giant Total killed in Moscow plane crash
MOSCOW: The chief executive officer (CEO) of French oil giant Total, Christophe de Margerie, died in a plane crash at a Moscow airport late on Monday when the private jet he was using struck a...
View ArticleNigeria declared Ebola-free in ‘spectacular success’
ABUJA: Nigeria was declared Ebola-free on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) in a “spectacular success” in the battle to contain the spread of a virus which is devastating Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia...
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Israeli minister airs Iran nuclear concerns at Pentagon
Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon pauses during a press conference at the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem, on August 27, 2014AFP/File – THOMAS COEX JERUSALEM: Israeli Defense Minister Moshe...
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US, EU concerned over delayed Mozambique vote count
A Mozambican electoral commission voting official at a polling station holds a marked ballot during counting procedures after general elections on October 15, 2014 in MaputoAFP/File – GIANLUIGI GUERCIA...
View ArticleAustralian doctors make world’s first heel replacement with 3D printer
MELBOURNE: Doctors in Australia used 3D printer in a world-first procedure to replace a patient’s cancer- eaten heel with a man-made titanium one, local media reported. A 71-year-old man whose right...
View ArticleTributes for Oscar de la Renta, who defined romantic glamor
NEW YORK: Oscar de la Renta dressed generations of the world’s most iconic women, from former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy to lawyer Amal Alamuddin, bride to modern Hollywood royal George Clooney....
View ArticleWife of Camarines Norte governor emerges, accuses husband of affair, ‘sex video’
The missing wife of Camarines Norte governor Edgardo Tallado emerged on Wednesday, accusing her husband of having an extramarital affair as evidenced by a sex video currently spreading on the internet....
View ArticlePemberton now in PH military detention
US Marine Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton, primary suspect in the murder of 26-year-old Philippine transgender Jennifer Laude has been transferred to Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City Wednesday, separate radio...
View ArticleSan Beda sweeps series for 5th straight NCAA crown
FRANK CALAPRE CorrespondentSAN Beda College on Wednesday captured its fifth straight title in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s basketball with an 89-70 romp over Arellano...
View ArticleShaky Japanese economy hit by growing trade deficit
TOKYO: Japan’s shaky economy was dealt another blow Wednesday, as official data showed a widening September trade deficit that puts the world’s number-three economy on track to log a record annual...
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