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…

A new leader has taken the place of deceased Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) founder Ameril Umbra Kato. Sheik Ismail Abubakar, former BIFF vice chief of staff and the group’s vice chairman for political affairs, has replaced Kato, BIFF spokesperson Abu Misry Mama said. Despite the military’s pronouncement of the BIFF’s ‘gradual…

At least six people, including three Filipinos, are being held captive by some 80 members of separatist group Abu Sayyaf, a military official said Monday. Believed to be still in custody of the Abu Sayyaf are Dutch national Ewold Horn, Filipino-Chinese Yahung Chen, Joshua Bani from Tawi-Tawi, Korean national Nwi…