For a stone church to rise during the Spanish era, construction took from several years to many decades to be completed, depending on the availability of funds, construction materials and laborers.
The Office of the Court Administrator has initiated an investigation into reports that a woman that goes by the name “Ma’am Arlene” is allegedly fixing cases in the courts on behalf of her wealthy clients.
ROSARIO, Agusan del Sur – The spring that supplied practically the entire municipality of Rosario with drinking water dried up following Tuesday’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake that shook Bohol and other parts of the Visayas as well as Mindanao, killing up to 180 people.
Read more: Agusan town loses water supply after Tuesday’s earthquake
MANILA -- The caucus at the Senate last Wednesday has allegedly degenerated into a face-off among senators over the “pork barrel” mess.
SEOUL—Move over. The big boys are coming.
Saying he was appalled by allegations that his refusal to summon Janet Lim-Napoles was an attempt at a cover-up, Senate President Franklin Drilon on Wednesday announced he had decided to subpoena the alleged brains of the P10-billion pork barrel fund scam to appear at a Senate inquiry.
Read more: Charges of cover-up prompt Drilon to subpoena Napoles
MANILA -- The Huffington Post has taken down its story on Jeane Napoles and her tax evasion charge that had spread on social media due to a photo it posted alongside its article of a woman bathing in money.
Read more: Huffington Post admits ‘incorrect’ Jeane Napoles photo
MANILA -- The government’s third-biggest source of tax revenues appears to be getting depleted even faster than the now controversial Malampaya Fund, which represents the royalties from the Malampaya oil and gas operations off Palawan.
The ownership claim of the sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo to Sabah will not be buried with Sultan Jamalul Kiram III.
An earthquake with energy equivalent to “32 Hiroshima bombs” jolted the Visayas, and parts of Mindanao and southern Luzon early Tuesday morning, causing centuries-old churches and modern buildings to crumble, disrupting power and phone services, setting off stampedes and killing at least 97 people.