Aguirre apologizes to De Lima, Pangilinan

MANILA—After verifying from his sources, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Tuesday apologized to two senators for claiming that the two were plotting to put the...

US continues to process visas for Filipinos

MANILA—United States Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Y. Kim said on Tuesday that the U.S. continues to welcome Filipino citizens in his country. During the Makati...

McCain emerges as Trump’s top Republican nemesis in Congress

WASHINGTON—Sen. John McCain has emerged as President Donald Trump’s top Republican nemesis on Capitol Hill. Since Trump’s inauguration, McCain has broken with the president on his...

RM of Wood Buffalo cuts jobs due to effects of wildfire, slumping oilsands

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta.–The regional municipality that includes Fort McMurray says it is cutting 168 jobs due to the economic effects of last spring’s wildfire and Alberta’s...

Massive PNP crackdown shows Duterte’s resolve to also win war vs corruption, criminality

MANILA—A House leader on Tuesday said President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to temporarily restrict the Philippine National Police (PNP) from conducting anti-drug operations to make way for...

DOJ chief orders inventory, background check of all NBI agents, informants, ‘strikers’

MANILA—Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Tuesday ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to check on all of its agents, informants and strikers to ensure...

Aguirre on Trillanes’ allegations: He got his facts from Wikipedia

Marine Le Pen’s party calls Quebec mosque shooting ‘deplorable’

QUEBEC—A French far-right party whose leader’s anti-Muslim views were apparently shared by the man accused of killing six people at a Quebec City mosque is calling...

Toronto pastor Hawkes found not guilty of gross indecency, indecent assault

KENTVILLE, N.S.—Prominent Toronto pastor Brent Hawkes has been found not guilty of gross indecency and indecent assault. Provincial court Judge Alan Tufts handed down the verdict...

Lawmakers welcome expanded BIR probe on fake cigarette tax stamps

MANILA—Lawmakers on Tuesday welcomed the expanded investigation being conducted by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) into the widespread use of fake tax stamps on cigarette...