MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by a strong earthquake Monday that shook a central Philippine island and set off landslides. At least 13 people were...
MANILA, January 11, 2012 (AFP) – San Miguel Corp., one of the Philippines’ top conglomerates, said Wednesday it had taken control of the country’s busiest toll road system after buying into Malaysian and Indonesian operators....
MANILA, Philippines – The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and a party-list group are proposing two schemes to decongest EDSA, one of the metropolis’ major roads. The MMDA said the “Skybridge,” an alternate highway that...
MANILA, Philippines – A 10-year-old boy from Cabanatuan City who threw collected gunpowder into flames inside a steel drum is the first casualty of firecracker-related accidents during New Year’s Eve, the Department of Health (DOH)...
MANILA, Philippines - Graft cases have been filed with the Sandiganbayan against Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, her husband Jose Miguel Arroyo and two former officials in connection with the aborted $329-million national broadband network (NBN)...
MANILA, Philippines – Firecrackers and celebratory gunfire have injured more than 200 people despite a government scare campaign against reckless holiday revelries. In its Aksyon: Paputok Injury Reduction (APIR) surveillance report, the Department of Health...