The Philippine Online Chronicles

(Updated: 4:39 p.m.) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvolcs) on Monday afternoon lifted the tsunami alert raised after the magnitude-6.8 earthquake that hit the Negros-Cebu area before noon.

President Benigno Aquino III has finally submitted the Palace version of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill to the House of Representatives, a month after he instructed Cabinet officials to “push ahead” with the measure aimed at promoting transparency.

Two people were killed and over 400 injured during protests held in Egypt in the wake of a football riot that killed 74 people.

State auditors are pushing for an investigation of the Social Security System (SSS)’s sale of its P5.699-billion Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) common shares to an unknown company, according to a Philippine Star report.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Thursday that three senior members of Al-Qaeda-linked groups Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and Abu Sayaff were killed during an air raid in Sulu province.

After a report came out on an alleged bid by the Palace to remove former Supreme Court Justice [[Serafin Cuevas]]  from the defense panel, Cuevas  is now being asked to name the lawyer who supposedly approached him and urged him to quit.

Netizens turned to their blogs yesterday upon hearing the news that the implementation of the Department of Education’s (DepEd’s) K+12 program will include the removal of Science in the Grade 1 curriculum.

According to Manila Bulletin, DepEd will drop Science from the subjects to b...