Tzu Chi unveils post-Haiyan aid for victims

Gary Ho, CEO of Tzu Chi Canada, enumerates the relief efforts undertaken by the Buddhist foundation in the Philippines. (photo by Laarni Liwanag). Tens of thousands...

Medical Examiner: Body that of missing actress Misty Upham

SEATTLE — The King County medical examiner has confirmed that a body found in a ravine in the Seattle suburb of Auburn is that of missing...

De Lima asks NBI to track down 2 close aides of Binay

MANILA – The National Bureau of Investigation was tasked to find the people involved in the alleged irregularities in the Makati City government. Justice Secretary Leila...

Export receipts up by 10.5%

MANILA – The country’s merchandise exports increased by a double-digit pace in August, according to a data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Friday....

Mount Mayon volcano threatens full-blown eruption

MANILA, Philippines — Mayon volcano is at risk of a big eruption as magma continued to flow underneath its surface and started to rise towards its...

Albuy bus accident leaves 2 dead, 35 hurt

MANILA – An out-of-control bus rolled down the slope along the highway in Kimantong, Daraga, Albay on Sunday leaving two children dead and 35 others injured....

Philippine president says peacekeepers won’t be deployed to ‘mission impossible’ areas

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president said Wednesday his government would no longer deploy peacekeepers in “impossible” missions like the Golan Heights, where Filipino forces came...

Ontario Filipino Women’s Ball

Congress: No need to rush crisis power of Aquino

MANILA –The Congress is not in a hurry to give emergency powers to President Benigno Aquino III to prevent the possibility of an energy crisis given...

‘We do not negotiate with terrorists’ – Defense Sec.