MANILA, Philippines — A taxi driver implicated in the tanim-bala (bullet-planting) extortion scheme denied the allegation on Wednesday, but the investigation of a complaint against him still led to the cancellation of his taxicab’s franchise. Due to…
A THEFT suspect arrested by the Caloocan City police Tuesday morning pointed to a former barangay councilor or kagawad as his “mentor” when it came to stealing motorcycles. Police said Elmer Montilla, 37, was caught on security…
SINGAPORE — It is midnight on a Thursday, and three “sisters”, which is how they like to be known, are sitting at a bus stop outside the Woodlands Town Garden. The transvestites, dressed in heels and tight…
Metro Manila police will be on full alert starting Thursday morning in preparation for “Undas” or All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. Starting 6 a.m. on October 29, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) will…
A CAR theft suspect who escaped from a Caloocan City police station in 2013 was killed in a “shootout” with law enforcers early Tuesday. Police identified the slain fugitive as Berlin del Rosario, 22, of Barangay 186,…
THE WIDOW of slain race car driver Ferdinand “Enzo” Pastor, who has yet to surface since being tagged a suspect in his murder last year, is asking the Court of Appeals to dismiss the charge for lack…
THE MAKATI City Prosecutor’s Office has found probable cause to indict for four counts of attempted murder a son of basketball legend and former Sen. Robert Jaworski, who was arrested after a botched entrapment operation on Sept.…
MANILA, Philippines — It was over in 30 minutes. Bearing in mind a lesson painfully learned five years ago, Manila police shot dead on Thursday, a man who took a passenger hostage aboard a southbound bus on…
THE knife-wielding man who stormed a bus Thursday on Taft Avenue, Manila and held hostage a woman passenger suffered two gunshots and was pronounced dead at the Philippine General Hospital. READ: Passenger bus held hostage in Manila…
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has asked Uber to explain why its accreditation should not be canceled in view of a complaint filed by a passenger against one of its partner drivers. In a…
