Balikatan Exercises 2015 officially began Monday with close to 12,000 Filipino and American troops participating in various military drills. At yesterday’s opening ceremonies at Camp Aguinaldo, Philippine officials were quick to say the exercises are not in response to the tensions brought about by Chinese aggression in the disputed waters…

Metro Manila experienced sweltering heat on Saturday as the temperature peaked to 36.2 Celcius with the heat index at 38.8, the hottest so far this year, And no respite is in sight any time soon for residents reeling under the blistering heat as PAGASA warns Metro Manila’s heat index could…

The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded an increase in the number dengue cases for the first quarter of 2015. Based on the latest DOH statistics, 19,946 cases have been recorded from January 1 to April 4 of this year, 6.49 percent higher than the 18,730 cases in the same…

The National Bureau of Investigation on Friday filed multiple murder and frustrated murder charges against two alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) before the Department of Justice (DOJ) in connection with the 2002 bombing of Fitmart Mall in General Santos City. Charged before the DOJ were Abu Sayyaf…

Three soldiers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off as their Army truck was passing by a road section in Barangay Bacsayan in Sta. Cruz, Ilocos Sur on Thursday. The wounded soldiers belong to the Army’s 71st Infantry Division. Initial investigation indicates that the truck was heading…

Seeking to address pressing issues pertaining to cybercrimes, governments across the globe are gearing up to protect themselves from cyber attempts on their critical infrastructure. Now on its third year, Cyber Intelligence Asia will be taking place at the heart of the Philippine capital, Manila, on April 21-24, 2015 at…

National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) anti-narcotics agents arrested two suspected suppliers of “rape drug” gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) during a raid on two condominium units in Mandaluyong City before dawn on Tuesday. Members of the NBI – Reaction Arrest and Interdiction Division (RAID) apprehended Nigerian national Ashimiyu Balugun and Filipina model…

Seeking to address pressing issues pertaining to cybercrimes, governments across the globe are gearing up to protect themselves from cyber attempts on their critical infrastructure. Now on its third year, Cyber Intelligence Asia will be taking place at the heart of the Philippine capital, Manila, on April 21-24, 2015 at…