Members from the Crisis Response Group of the Special Action Forces, SAF, of the Philippine National Police, rappel down a building in a mock hostage rescue in preparation for the upcoming 12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu in central Philippines Wednesday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
GENERAL SANTOS CITY(Updated 8:38 p.m.) -- At least six people, including a five-year-old boy, were killed when a powerful bomb exploded in front of the public market Wednesday night sending new wave of fear among residents here.
The blast tore apart a lotto outlet along Santiago Blvd. where a still unidentified suspect detonated the improvised explosive device.
MANILA -- Former justice secretary Hernando Perez is on his own as far as the graft, extortion, and money laundering cases recommended by the Ombudsman against him, his wife, and two other cohorts are concerned.
CEBU CITY -- Slow responses and an accident led organizers of the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit to hold a second dry run Tuesday afternoon.
DAVAO CITY -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has started implementing the second phase of its Oplan Bantay Laya and aims to reduce the strength of the New People's Army (NPA) by as much as 50 percent in the next two years.
