Balita Sa Pilipinas

Philippine officials managing a hostage crisis left their posts to fill up on coffee and food as a gunman who had seized a busload of Hong Kong tourists began shooting, an inquiry heard Saturday.

One of the two negotiators in the Luneta hostage admitted on Saturday he had wanted to subdue hostage-taker Rolando Mendoza when he had the chance, but he was prevented from doing so.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino’s taking responsibility for a hostage crisis which left eight Hong Kong tourists dead will not absolve other officials if they are found culpable, a spokesman said Saturday.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino’s taking responsibility for a hostage crisis which left eight Hong Kong tourists dead will not absolve other officials if they are found culpable, a spokesman said Saturday.

Contrary to some government officials' claims, Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno believes the 11-hour bloody hostage incident on August 23 was a “national crisis.”

Despite taking full responsibility for the Aug. 23 Manila hostage crisis, President Benigno Simeon Aquino III is not resigning from his post, Malacañang said on Saturday.

Philippine officials overseeing a hostage crisis left their posts when a gunman who seized a busload of Hong Kong tourists stopped negotiating and began shooting, an official inquiry heard Saturday.

After writing her letter of assurance to dismissed Chief Inspector Rolnado Mendoza, Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez requested to pose for a picture with Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno, who was supposed to deliver the message to the hostage-taker.

After writing her letter of assurance to dismissed Chief Inspector Rolnado Mendoza, Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez requested to pose for a picture with Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno, who was supposed to deliver the message to the hostage-taker.

Investigators are looking into the possibility that the alleged P150,000 demand made by an official of the Office of the Ombudsman might have fueled the agitation of slain hostage-taker Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed policeman.

President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III chose on Friday not to rush to a “hostage-taking situation” in Taguig City, as part of a simulation exercise by the Philippine National Police (PNP).

Cebu Pacific Air is standing by its decision to not allow doctors from the National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI) to transport kidneys inside their aircraft, saying that they are following international protocols.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said it has repatriated 39 overseas Filipino workers from Tripoli, Libya after protracted negotiations to settle their complaints, such as delayed salaries and unsuitable accommodation.

A Filipina domestic in Saudi Arabia has accused her employer of inflicting flat iron burns on her.

A Filipina domestic in Saudi Arabia has accused her employer of inflicting flat iron burns on her.