Opposition Sen. Risa Hontiveros criticized President Duterte over his recent statement advising Filipinos to adopt birth control methods to prevent unwanted pregnancies but not use condoms because these are not gratifying.

Human rights lawyers acting as private prosecutors in the trial of retired general Jovito Palparan for the disappearance of two University of the Philippines students said he “self-destructed” when he took the stand on the last hearing of the case Thursday, February 15.

The Sandiganbayan has deferred the arraignment of former President Benigno Aquino III, former Philippine National Police chief Alan Purisima and former Special Action Force commander Getulio Napeñas on graft and usurpation of authority charges over the 2015 Mamasapano incident.

The Taliban said on Wednesday, in a rare statement to the American people, they wanted to end Afghanistan’s 17-year war through talks, while warning the message should not be seen as a sign of weakness and the fight against U.S. forces would go on.

Several firms based in Makati City, including a company engaged in building power plants, were sued for tax evasion by the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

China has reported the first human case of the H7N4 strain of bird flu in a woman in an eastern coastal province, though she has since recovered.

Top government officials will meet to discuss possible Filipino names to give to the five underwater features in the Philippine Rise (Benham Rise) named by China.

The man accused of opening fire at a Florida high school on Wednesday, killing 17 people, was a troubled former student who loved guns and was expelled for disciplinary reasons, police and former classmates said.

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All PSBank branches will be closed on February 16 for the Chinese New Year but the bank said all its 609 ATMs will be online and PSBank Mobile and PSBank Online (Internet banking) will remain available.

International aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) said on Wednesday it had dealt with 24 cases of sexual harassment or abuse among its 40,000 staff last year, and dismissed 19 people as a result.

As China ushers in the Lunar Year of the Dog, hundreds of millions of Chinese are traveling to their hometowns to spend the week-long national holiday with their families.

Three years ago, Cairo butcher Zaza Ogaz decided to do something to help families bringing their children to a nearby cancer hospital.

'We’d like to use our activities to dive deeper into the #MeToo debate than a carpet would allow,' said festival director Dieter Kosslick.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano reiterated the Duterte administration's "unwavering" commitment to protecting the country's claims in the South China Sea and defended his silence on developments and issues on the disputed territory.