A married man in the northern Philippines has admitted to the police that he stole nine underwear, a cell phone, charger and contact lenses from a young woman. Investigators identified the suspect as Philip Datu, a resident of Bengcag village, in Laoag, northern Philippines.

A public high school in Oriental Mindoro in central Philippines had been suspended since August 8 after an "evil spirit" haunts the school ground and "possessed" students since. Henry Tungol, principal of the Pedro Panaligan Memorial National High School said students have shown signs of "seizures, shortness of breath while some were shouting and writhing in pain. The events have caused hysteria inside the campus.

A 29-year-old man, suspected to be on drugs, was arrested in the northern Philippines on Tuesday after he reportedly killed a 14-year-old girl and ate her heart and liver. Reports reaching the capital indicate Rommel Jandoc was allegedly high on prohibited drugs and killed Catherine Madriaga. Both the suspect and his victim are from the Pugo, a small village in Bauang, La Union, northern Philippines.

A 22-year-old farmer from the Philippines is facing up to 12 years imprisonment if found guilty of killing and eating an endangered and one of the rarest eagles in the world. Philippine Environment and Natural Resources Lito Atienza said Brian Balaon, has admitted of shooting the three-year-old Philippine eagle, one of the world's largest eagles, that was recently released by wildlife authorities on July 10.

Popular Hollywood actor Pierce Brosnan was the first choice of voters in a Muslim province in southern Philippines, having bested all his 'competitors' in a mock election held Tuesday using computerized machines. The Commission on Elections on Tuesday conducted a mock elections for the August 11 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, a autonomous province comprised mostly of Muslims in southern Philippines to test-run the new automated poll machines.