Police are set to arrest several men, including a 42-year-old restaurant manager in Yamanashi Prefecture, on suspicion of killing a Japanese man in Manila in 2014, investigative sources said Wednesday. A traveler’s insurance policy of 100 million yen ($920,000) had been taken out for Shinsuke Toba, 32, who was shot dead by a motorcyclist on […]
A Duterte presidency will not lead to a loss of investments or economic ruin as some critics have warned, according to a professor of Economics at the University of Santo Tomas. Professor Emmanuel Lopez, who has a doctorate in economics and is chair of the economics department at UST’s Faculty of Arts and Letters, said […]
Japan and the Philippines have agreed that Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force will lease up to 5 training aircraft to the Philippine military.The agreement came during telephone talks on Monday between Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin.Regarding China’s increasing maritime activities in the South China Sea, Nakatani stressed the need to […]
People in the Philippines have one week to go before choosing the successor to outgoing President Benigno Aquino on May 9th.Four major contenders are seeking the office. Former interior secretary Manuel Roxas is backed by Aquino.Vice President Jejomar Binay once belonged to an opposition party. Grace Poe is an independent senator.And Mayor of Davao Rodrigo […]
Villagers in the southern Philippines found a headless body on Wednesday, an army spokesman said, two days after the execution of a Canadian captive by Islamist militants, condemned as a “cold-blooded murder” by Canada’s prime minister. Security is precarious in the southern Philippines, despite a 2014 peace pact between the government and the largest Muslim […]
Islamist militants in the Philippines have killed a Canadian man they had been holding hostage for months.The man has been identified by the Canadian government as John Ridsdel. Ridsdel was seized from a resort island off the city of Davao on Mindanao along with 2 other foreigners and a Filipino woman by the Abu Sayyaf […]
Twelve years after its founding, social networking giant Facebook on Thursday launched its Philippine office. With the opening of Facebook Philippines, which found its home in Manila, the top social network strengthened its investment in the country. Facebook says it sees “strong momentum” in the Philippines with more than 49 million Filipinos on Facebook, 44 […]
Armed men made off with P6.2 million after robbing an armored van at the Bank of the Philippine Islands’ (BPI) branch at the corner Taft Avenue and Remedios Street in Manila, early Monday morning, Radyo Inquirer 990AM reported. The report said BPI employees, assisted by a technician and a security guard, were about to load an Automatic […]
“Kilig,” a Filipino term used to describe one’s feelings, is officially included in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). On Thursday, OED released a list of new word entries, containing over a hundred words. According to OED, kilig can be both an adjective and a noun. Adjective: “Of a person: exhilarated by an exciting or romantic […]
The US said Thursday it has launched South China Sea patrols with the Philippines and will temporarily deploy 275 troops and five warplanes in the country, escalating its presence amid a territorial dispute with China. “In the South China Sea, China’s actions in particular are causing anxiety and raising regional tensions,” Defence Secretary Ashton Carter […]
