Rapist To Be Charged For 1998 Murder of Fil-Am Teen in Monterey

Christina Williams

An imprisoned rapist will be charged with killing a 13-year-old Filipino American girl Christina Marie Williams who vanished while walking her dog nearly two decades ago, a prosecutor announced Thursday, April 6, reports Inquirer.net/AP.

Meet First Filipino Master Carver of Iberico Ham

Michael Lopez Teves (Source: Inquirer.net)

Madrid-based Michael Lopez Teves became the first Filipino master carver of Iberico ham back in 2000 (his brother Mark was the second), reports Inquirer.net.

Duterte Trust Ratings Dip But Still High

Nearly eight in ten Filipinos trust President Rodrigo Duterte and approve of his performance, after nearly a year in office, even as his ratings have started to decline, according to an independent poll, reports ABS-CBN News.

PH Outsourcing Industry Must Protect Itself vs. Trump -- NEDA

The country's fast growing business process outsourcing sector will have to push into higher value services in the face of United States President-elect Donald Trump's potentially damaging trade war, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said, reports Rappler.

Filipinos Can Go to 61 Countries Without a Visa

Filipino travelers can visit 61 countries without applying for a visa, according to immigration and citizenship firm Henley & Partners, which placed the country , reports GMA News.

Jollibee to Enter Italy, EU Markets

Jollibee is forming a joint venture with a Singaporean partner BlackBird to own and operate the first Jollibee store in Italy, its first in Europe, reports ABS-CBN News.

Duterte: 'Vigilantes Are Real, They Got It From Me'

President Rodrigo Duterte declared that deadly anti-drug vigilantes were real. "'Yung vigilantes, totoo 'yan, nakuha nila sa akin 'yan," said Duterte on Wednesday, March 29, during a speech in Oriental Mindoro. (The vigilantes are real, they got it from me.), reports Rappler. Officials, however, continue to deny that the national police has anything to do with the killings.

Rights Violations By PH Police Rises

After declining in the last two years, the number of policemen accused of human rights violations rose in the first quarter of 2017, according to data from the Philippine National Police-Human Rights Affairs Office (PNP-HRAO), reports Inquirer.net.