One of two employees present in the Asian Spirit ticketing outlet along Archbishop Reyes Ave. in Cebu City shows the police the vault that two robbers stripped of P120,000 cash Saturday. (Sun.Star Cebu/Alex Badayos)
MANILA (Updated 4:35 p.m.) -- A Philippine marine general and 19 others were released Sunday from a Muslim rebel camp where they had been held for two days by guerrillas demanding more benefits under a 1996 peace accord, officials said.
Two Air Force helicopters retrieved Major General Ben Dolorfino and his group near the Moro National Liberation Front's remote Bitan-ag stronghold on southern Jolo island's Panamao town where he said they have been "virtually held hostage" since Friday.
MANILA -- The death toll from a tanker explosion in Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur has risen from 27 to 50 after authorities accounted for the mutilated remains of more victims, officials said Saturday.
DAVAO CITY -- North Cotabato Governor Emmanuel Piñol expressed disappointment with the Supreme Court in the light of the escape of three high-profile inmates from the provincial jail in Kidapawan City Friday.
