MANILA, Philippines - The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has officially compelled alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles to appear and testify at the panel's investigation next month.

MANILA, Philippines - Sweep 16. Cagayan displayed grace under pressure and outplayed Smart-Maynilad in the fifth set, turning what was expected to be a down-to-the-wire decider into a runaway finish, 25-16, 19-25, 25-15, 22-25, 15-7, and completing a magnificent season with a record sweep of 16 games to capture the Shakey’s V-League Season 10 Open Conference crown at the packed San Juan Arena last night.

The provinces of Bohol and Cebu are known for their Heritage Churches-centuries-old structures that carry the Philippines ' rich and colorful history. But after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that devastated the Visayan region last Tuesday, these age-old treasures were among the landmarks destroyed. This Sunday, Jessica Soho inspects the extent of damage brought by this recent tragedy.

Traveling along Cebu ’s South Road Properties, one can’t help but notice a unique structure featuring several walls of different heights mounted in an elevated portion of SM Seaside Complex.

PAMPLONA, Camarines Sur – A lesser-known younger brother of former First lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos, who has lived for more than 20 years in Barangay Tambo in this town, is running for the post of Punong Barangay (village head) in the Barangay polls this month.

LEGAZPI CITY – Through the effort of the Provincial Government of Albay and the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) Regional office-5, an 80-member team called the “Bicol Humanitarian Mission” left for Bohol and Cebu to help the victims of the killer quake in various capacities.

MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court (SC) has started an investigation of charges linking Sandiganbayan Senior Justice Gregory Ong to Janet Lim-Napoles, the alleged brains in the multibillion-peso pork barrel fund scam.

SC spokesman Theodore Te said the high court has directed Ong to comment on sworn allegations made by whistle-blowers Benhur Luy and Marina Sula during the Senate Blue Ribbon committee hearing on Sept. 26.

MANILA, Philippines – The fate of former league MVP Dindin Santiago in Game Two of the Shakey’s V-League Season 10-Open Conference best-of-three championship at The Arena in San Juan City remained uncertain.

They say a revolution is not about anger, it is about love. Numerous wars were waged against Spanish colonizers who came to the Philippines in 1521. At the close of the 19TH century, there was Andres Bonifacio's Katipunan. GMA News and Public Affairs' first historical docudrama focuses on Bonifacio and his Katipunan, and the conditions then that forced Filipinos to take up arms.

CAMP SIMEON OLA, LEGAZPI CITY—A kidnapping case involving a 14 year-old boy from barangay Malaya, Labo, Camarines Norte was officially turned over to the Anti-Kidnapping Task Group of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Camp Crame, Quezon City after parents of the victim had received a ransom demand in the amount of P60 million.