Damaged cars and debris are scattered outside the Glorietta Shopping Mall at the financial district of Makati city, east of Manila, moments after a powerful explosion Friday, killing at least eight people and wounding 70 others. (AP photo)
MANILA (4th update; 4:48 p.m.) – A police investigation into the powerful blast that rocked a crowded shopping mall in Manila's financial district Friday is pursuing the possibility that the explosion was deliberate, not accidental.
At least eight people died and 70 more were wounded when a blast hit a ground floor restaurant at the Glorietta 2 mall in Makati, the country’s premier financial district, at about 1:30 p.m. Friday.
MANILA -- Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Thursday assured the public that the officers and men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are behind their Commander-in-Chief, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, amid the alleged bribery issue involving Malacañang.
SAN ISIDRO, Davao Oriental -- Three kids in the House of Joy orphanage here confirmed that American Paul Carlock fondled them and took nude photos of them when the foreigner was still working at the orphanage.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Despite a video showing Cagayan de Oro policemen beating up three suspected criminals, an unrepentant Acting Police Director Antonio Montalba said he is not afraid of police brutality charges that he and his men may face.
