Elated and humbled by the Prize for Freedom award conferred by the Liberal International (LI), Senator Leila de Lima vowed on Wednesday to continue fighting the "murderous" Duterte administration.

Global banks are preparing to defend themselves against North Korea potentially intensifying a years-long hacking spree by seeking to cripple financial networks as Pyongyang weighs the threat of US military action over its nuclear program, cyber security experts said.

US senators on Tuesday pressed Facebook Inc’s chief lawyer on why the company did not catch 2016 election ads bought using Russian rubles, why its investigation of them took so long and how much it knows about its 5 million advertisers.

A European Parliament delegation warned on Tuesday that Cambodia could face EU action over aid and vital trade preferences if the human rights situation worsened further.

President Rodrigo Duterte said he supports efforts of his daughter Sara, the mayor of Davao City, to seek local peace talks with the New People’s Army even as he renewed calls on the rebels to lay down their arms.

Catalonia’s ousted leader Carles Puigdemont agreed on Tuesday to a snap election called by Spain’s central government when it took control of the region to stop it breaking away, but he said the fight for independence would go on.

The United States is quietly pursuing direct diplomacy with North Korea, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s public assertion that such talks are a waste of time.

The former Kapamilya star, actress, and host is taking charge of her career by harnessing the power of social media.

Law enforcement agencies in Cotabato province have created a special task force to speed up the investigation of the recent killings of two foreign businessmen, an American and a Pakistani, in Pikit town.

U.S. President Donald Trump will not go to the heavily fortified demilitarized zone on the border of North Korea and South Korea during his Asia trip, a senior administration official said on Tuesday.

Police said they have arrested an alleged financier of the Abu Sayyaf who had been intercepted on his arrival in the country from Saudi Arabia late last month but been released.

More than half of all Filipinos disagree with the often heard claim that “persons who use drugs or are involved in the illegal drug trade do not have the capacity to change anymore” but the split in opinion was narrower on the question on whether it is right to kill such people.

(UPDATE - 12:51 p.m.) Tropical cyclone warning signal No. 1 remains hoisted over northern Palawan including the Calamian Islands, Aklan and Antique provinces as the low pressure area south-southwest of Masbate developed into tropical depression “Ramil” Wednesday morning, November 1.

A pickup truck struck down multiple people on a bike path in lower Manhattan, killing several and injuring many more on Tuesday afternoon, before the driver was shot and taken into custody.

"So you also have to be patient with me but I give you my promise that my office will be open and I will be listening and I am your bridge to the President and to our people," Undersecretary Badoy told reporters.