MANILA, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Unidentified gunmen peppered the car of a town vice mayor with bullets in the northern Philippine province of La Union on Wednesday morning, killing him and his bodyguard instantly. Local Police said Balaoan town Vice Mayor Alfred Concepcion died from multiple gunsho...
MANILA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A local official of Sapa-Sapa town in Tawi-Tawi, an island province in the southern Philippines, was shot dead on Wednesday in Zamboanga City. Police said the victim, Sapa-Sapa town Vice Mayor Al-Rashid Mohammad Alih, 53, was aboard his car when ambushed b...
MANILA, Philippines--Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed, in a brazen public threat that she warned was not a joke. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin...
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine lower house on Wednesday impeached Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country's firebrand former leader, setting the stage for a rare, high-profile trial in the Senate. The impeachment stemmed from allegations Duterte misused public funds w...
Other hopefuls as leader of the nation of 110 millioninclude boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, Manila mayor Francisco Domagoso and vice president Leni Robredo.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A major political storm set off by a bitter feud between the Philippine president and the vice president is testing an Asian democracy that has long been troubled by rowdy politics, poor law enforcement and bareface impunity. Just ove...
Political analyst Victor Manhit said until candidacies were officially filed, starting in October, everything is speculation, with opinion polls showing other vice presidential candidates including a Manila mayor just behind Duterte.
MANILA--An impeachment complaint was filed Monday against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, who is facing a legal storm over a death threat she made against the president and her alleged role in extra-judicial killings of drug suspects, corruption and failure to stand up to Chinese aggressio...
In response to the dismissal order, the camp of the incumbent Mayor filed “status quo ante” petition with the CA in a bid to negate the latest dismissal order. Credit toManila Times