An authorized lotto outlet in Caloocan City was raided on Wednesday after operatives caught its personnel allegedly using the establishment as a cover for an illegal numbers game.

Airfares may be kicking to new highs, but this did not stop Filipinos from traveling during the Undas break, with passenger traffic at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport increasing by four percent.

The jackpot in the Ultra Lotto 6/58 is expected to balloon to P487.5 million for tonight’s draw, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office said yesterday.

Twenty-eight Filipinos detained in Sihanoukville, Cambodia are facing felony charges over their alleged involvement in scam operations, the Department of Migrant Workers said yesterday.

Mining magnate Joseph Sy skipped yesterday’s Senate hearing on his alleged fake Filipino citizenship.

National Capital Region Police Office officer-in-charge Brig. Gen. Christopher Abrahano has ordered tighter monitoring in tourist areas following separate incidents involving foreign visitors in Parañaque and Manila.

The government will flag all shipments from Laos for closer inspection following the seizure of 200 kilos of suspected shabu believed to have been shipped through Hong Kong to Manila, Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla said yesterday.

 Private vehicles remain prohibited from using the EDSA busway’s inner lane amid the rehabilitation of the major thoroughfare, the Department of Transportation said yesterday.

Seven people were rescued after a motorized boat capsized in the waters off Quezon province on Wednesday morning.

Five people including a minor were killed while two others were injured in an explosion that ripped through a makeshift firecracker factory in this town on Wednesday night.