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A Philippines police chief has been sacked for claiming an air stewardess was gang-raped and murdered, but her family insist he was telling the truth. Christine Dacera was found dead in a bathtub at the Garden City Grand Hotel in Makati, Philippines on New Year’s Day. Eleven men were provisionally charged with rape and murder … Read more
Canoe conman John Darwin, 70, who was jailed with first wife after faking his death in £679,000 insurance scam is being ‘bankrolled’ by second spouse who’s 23 years his junior in Philippines John Darwin, 70, vanished in March 2002 as part of a £679,000 insurance scam The conman from County Durham faked his own death … Read more
Mentally ill woman, 29, has been locked in a cage by her relatives in the Philippines for FIVE YEARS after her family said they could not cope with looking after her Bebe, 29, was diagnosed with psychotic depression in 2014 in the Philippines She suffered hallucinations and was admitted to hospital in Negros Occidental After … Read more
Jersey potato farmers fly in workers from the Philippines to stop crops rotting in the fields and plug gap left by Romanian and Polish migrants after Brexit Crops have gone to waste this year due to a shortfall in seasonal farm pickers Usually around 98 per cent of seasonal pickers in the UK come from … Read more
Two more countries have banned incoming UK flights ahead of Christmas Eve after the identification of a new Covid strain. Singapore will ban entry to UK travellers from Wednesday night. Health officials in the Philippines have also announced plans to suspend flights from the UK from Christmas Eve. It brings the total number of countries … Read more
Teenager is left with huge swelling across her face and can barely see out of one eye after she squeezed a spot on her nose in the Philippines The painful swelling is making it hard for Mary Ann Regacho, 17, to see properly She first noticed the blackhead on her nose last year and eventually … Read more
Doggy paddle: Man swims through 6ft deep waters to rescue trapped hound from flooded house in typhoon-hit Philippines Pooch was seen flailing through the water outside the property in Marikina City Typhoon Vamco which made landfall is Philippines’ 21st tropical cyclone in 2020 The brave man risks his own life to bring the dog to … Read more
At least ten people have died as a devastating super typhoon has wreaked havoc in the Philippines, bringing 174 mile-per-hour winds triggering volcanic mudflows that engulfed some 150 houses. Typhoon Goni – one of the most powerful typhoons in the world this year – blasted into the eastern island province of Catanduanes at dawn with … Read more
At least ten people have died as a devastating super typhoon has wreaked havoc in the Philippines, bringing 174 mile-per-hour winds triggering volcanic mudflows that engulfed some 150 houses. Typhoon Goni – one of the most powerful typhoons in the world this year – blasted into the eastern island province of Catanduanes at dawn with … Read more
Puppy is born with GREEN fur in the Philippines and is named Wasabi – two weeks after similarly-coloured ‘Pistachio’ was born in Italy Chona Lacsamana woke up to find her dog had given birth to a litter on 25 Oct. Among the newborn puppies was one that stood out with its light-green fur The pooch, … Read more