Days after a presidential executive order banned the use of firecrackers, the Department of Health (DOH) reported a sharp -- 68 percent -- decline in the number of injuries in the end-2017 monitoring period heading into the New Year, and expressed hope that in future the goal of "zero casualty" can be met.

A 10-year-old boy is in critical condition at the Dr. Jose Reyes Medical Center after being shot during the New Year's revelry, but police said it was not a case of a stray bullet, but of having been in the crossfire of a drunken man's rampage in Maypajo, Caloocan City.

Retailers of petroleum products are not yet supposed to reflect the additional excise tax from the TRAIN law, even though the tax reform measure takes effect Jan. 1, 2018 , because they are still selling stocks that were not imposed the higher excise rates, DOE and DOF said Monday.

First, the good news: government hospitals that usually account for the bulk of firecracker victims showed a sharp decline in the number as 2017 crossed over to 2018. The bad news: from initial reports, there appeared to be a spike in the number of road crash victims and people injured in brawls and stabbings during the New Year revelry being brought to hospital.

Pope Francis in his year-end message said that 2017 had been marred by war, lies and injustice, and he urged people to take responsibility for their actions.

Solicitor General Jose Calida urged opposition lawmakers from the House "Magnificent 7" bloc who filed a petition to stop the one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao to concede to the Supreme Court’s ruling declaring President Rodrigo Duterte’s martial law declaration as constitutional.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte urged Filipinos to "embrace" the "uncertainty" of 2018 with "a glimmer of hope" despite various trials that have tested the nation, mainly from crime, corruption, illegal drugs and terrorism.

South Korean authorities have seized a Panama-flagged vessel suspected of transferring oil products to North Korea in violation of international sanctions, a customs official said on Sunday.

The play will run from February 2 to March 18, 2018 at the PETA Theater Center.

Personnel from the Butuan City Police Office Station 1 took into custody five suspects in the fatal stabbing of a Department of Public Works and Highways worker in the wee hours Sunday after a mobile phone video went viral on social media.

The film's lead stars, Joross Gamboa and Edgar Allan Guzman, look to expand their acting horizons in 2018.

Just before Christmas, Kris opened the doors of her house in Quezon City in a three-part online video series

Pray for one another in calamities or difficult times, this was the message of Archbishop of Davao Romulo Valles, who is President of the...

The Star Wars exhibit at the SM Mall of Asia will run until January 8.

A government investigator into a blaze that led to the deaths of 37 staff at the southern Philippines offices of an American market research firm says there are indications of fire safety lapses that may have contributed to the tragedy.