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The State Department announced Friday that 11 U.S. fugitives wanted for crimes ranging from conspiracy to commit murder, securities fraud, child abuse and sexual assault were arrested in the Philippines from August 2018 to April 2019,...

A Southern California music teacher, who was already facing federal charges for traveling to the Philippines to engage in lewd acts with children, has pleaded not guilty to a new set of state charges. The California...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – A Long Beach woman from and her son are facing federal charges for smuggling firearms to the Philippines. Marlou Mendoza was arrested last week at the Los Angeles International Airport. Authorities claims...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against Black Elk Energy for an oil rig platform explosion in 2012 that killed three Filipino workers and injured others. Subcontracted Filipino workers Avelino Tajonera, Elroy...

By Rachelle Cruz, ABS-CBN North America Bureau TORONTO – More than 600 hopeful foreign workers, many from the Philippines, claim that Imelda “Mel” Fronda Saluma scammed them out of millions of dollars in recruitment fees. Police...

By Balitang America Staff, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Aug. 27, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – The number of charges against a San Francisco Bay area Fil-Am teacher who was arrested in March for allegedly molesting his...

By Balitang America Staff, ABS-CBN North America Bureau May 13, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – A Philippine envoy to Canada is facing human trafficking charges involving the alleged exploitation of her nanny. Last Friday, Canadian federal...

By Kathlyn dela Cruz, ABS-CBNnews.com May 8, 2014 MANILA – The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed the graft case against former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in connection with the P728-million fertilizer...

By Balitang America Staff April 10, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – The Philippine Department of Justice, junked model Deniece Cornejo’s rape charges against “It’s Showtime” host Vhong Navarro yesterday, citing doubt that rape was possible since...

By ABS-CBN News April 4, 2014 MANILA – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is ready to file two more cases involving the misuse of public funds, one of which pertains to the siphoning of the...