Bomb suspect in boat stored in US neighborhood

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts (Updated 8:43 a.m.) — A law enforcement official said the suspect being hunted in the Boston Marathon bombing is in a boat stored in a Massachusetts neighborhood.

The official said he was briefed on the situation and spoke on condition of anonymity because he's not authorized to discuss it publicly.

Shots fired as police seek Boston bomb suspect

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts (Updated 7:46 a.m.) - Gunfire erupted Friday night (Saturday, Philippine time) amid the manhunt for the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, and police in armored vehicles and tactical gear rushed into a Boston suburb in a possible break in the case.

Boston Marathon bomb suspects identified

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts (Updated) -- Authorities identified Friday the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing as brothers and coming from the Russian region near Chechnya, which has been plagued by an Islamic insurgency stemming from separatist wars.

The suspects, named as Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, were seen carrying backpacks as they mingled among marathon revelers near the explosion sites shortly before Monday's blasts. They also killed on Friday a university police officer and hurled explosives at police in a car chase and gun battle overnight that left one of them, Tamerlan, dead.

Boston Marathon bomb suspects are ‘brothers’

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts (Updated) -- Authorities identified Friday the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing as brothers and coming from the Russian region near Chechnya, which has been plagued by an Islamic insurgency stemming from separatist wars.

The suspects, who were seen carrying backpacks as they mingled among marathon revelers near the explosion sites shortly before Monday's blasts, also killed a university police officer, injured a transit officer in a firefight and threw explosive devices at police during their getaway attempt in a long night of violence that left one of them dead and another still at large Friday.

Aquino asks Brillantes not to leave Comelec

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III said Friday that he would appeal to Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes not to resign from his post when he meets him.

"I will appeal to our chair...and I think he will see that the country needs him to chair the Comelec at this crucial period," he said.

Dole orders probe into fake Owwa receipts

THE Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) ordered on Friday an investigation on the reported proliferation of counterfeit receipts of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa).

Dengue alert up in Metro Manila

SUMMER heat is not a deterrent to dengue, the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday, as the absence of rain pushes people to store water in containers where mosquitoes can live.

“We have to be reminded that dengue is perennial throughout the year, even during this very hot season. Dengue-carrying mosquitoes are still very much present in our surroundings,” said DOH–National Capital Region (NCR) Director Eduardo Janairo.

1 Boston Marathon bomb suspect dead

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts -- One of two suspects in the deadly Boston Marathon bombing is dead and a massive manhunt is underway for another, authorities said early Friday.

Residents of Watertown, a suburb just outside Boston, have been advised by police to keep their doors locked and not let anyone in.

1 dead, 1 hurt in stabbing incidents

ONE person was killed and another was wounded in two separate stabbing incidents in Cebu City late Thursday.

Cenon Gallardo, 23, was found dead in Barangay Santo Nino, lying face down with two stab wounds on his back, police said.

MIT suspect tied to Boston blast

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts — Police said one of two suspects in the shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) police officer is dead and a massive manhunt is underway for another, who is believed to be tied to the Boston Marathon bombing.

Shortly after the MIT officer was shot dead Thursday night, police got a report of a carjacking in Cambridge, just outside Boston. One of the two suspects in the officer's shooting was killed.