NAGA City -- Suspected private armed group members are facing charges of illegal possession of firearms, ammunition and bladed weapons and violation of the Comelec gun ban before the City Prosecutor’s Office here.

Naga City police spokesman SPO2 Randy Solano told newsmen on Wednesday that a bail of Php140,000 cash has been recommended for each of the eight security personnel facing the charges, Solano said.

MANILA, May 7, 2013— Vote buying in the country has become more sophisticated and rampant than ever as the May 13 election approaches, a Catholic Church-backed poll watchdog said.

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines – Search and recovery teams retrieved yesterday the remains of four European tourists and their Filipino guide killed in the Mayon volcano explosion last Wednesday, but treacherous terrain and erratic weather hampered efforts to bring the bodies to a safe clearing.

MANILA, Philippines - Five people were killed and seven were injured when MayonVolcano spewed ash, called a phreatic eruption, reaching 500 meters above its crater on Tuesday morning, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported.

Since the passage of the RH law, there has been much talk about a so-called "Catholic Vote" like that of the common perception about the Iglesia ni Kristo voting as a bloc.

Nothing can be farther from the truth than the idea that the Catholic Church would supposedly wield its power and influence for a so-called "command vote" as politicians are wont to strive for.

NAGA CITY, May 3 (PIA) -- True to his words, President Benigno S. Aquino III set foot here today anew to fulfill his promise of leading the inauguration of the newly refurbished Naga City Hospital (NCH) located at Barangay Penafrancia, this city.

LEGAZPI CITY – Threatened by private armed groups (PAGs) operating in the second and third districts of the province of Masbate, journalists based in the area cannot completely report election-related stories coming out of the province.

Along with Aljur Abrenica, Kris Bernal, Alden Richards and more, Andrea Torres is now part of GMA's Talent Development and Management Department (TDMD) as she signed an exclusive contract May 2 at the GMA Network Center. Present during the signing were Dave Fabros, Senior Manager of Talent Development and Recruitment, TDMD; Rams David, AVP for Productions, Arcangel Media Inc., Andrea, GMA Network Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Felipe L. Gozon and Simoun Ferrer AVP, Talent Imaging and Marketing, TDMD.

MANILA, Philippines - Fugitive former police senior superintendent Cezar Mancao II used his own key to unlock the door of his detention cell. Then he walked calmly out of the building and scaled a fence.

Caceres Archbishop Rolando Tria Tirona signs his latest book, The Catholic Vote, after its launch last May 1, Labor Day. According to Vicar General, Rev. Msgr. Rodel Cajot, "The book launched today is a seed that must be planted on fertile ground so that it may bear fruit."