Ten construction workers plunged 25 storeys to their death today after a platform lift collapsed at a building site in the Philippine capital, officials said.

At least four people were killed and more than a dozen injured when an explosion ripped through a passenger bus in the Philippines capital, Manila, officials said today.

THE Philippine Congress proclaimed Benigno Aquino III the country’s new president yesterday amid high hopes he will fulfil his campaign promise to eliminate corruption and poverty and restore trust in government.