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.

The first reviews of Apple Inc’s eagerly awaited iPhone X unanimously judged it the best iPhone yet.

The three passengers of Gerardo “Junjie” Maquidato Jr. are thankful that there was a CCTV camera in the area where they got off before the Grab driver-partner was slain in Pasay Thursday night.

The Sandiganbayan Second Division has thumbed down Sen. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan’s plea for the court to reconsider its decision to dismiss the two counts of graft that the Office of the Ombudsman filed against the lawmaker.

As the nation prepares for the day of the dead, families and loved ones of several people killed - unjustly, they say - in the deadly war on drugs are still seeking justice for them.

Around 4,300 police personnel will be deployed to help secure cemeteries and travel hubs throughout the five provinces of Caraga Region during the November 1 and 2, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day commemorations.

Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google head before US lawmakers on Tuesday for two days of grueling hearings on how Russia allegedly used their services to try to sway the 2016 US election.

In light of the upcoming ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) rescheduled passport appointments dated November 13 to 15 for accommodation at any date until Nov. 29, 2017.

The DOJ has thumbed down the motion of John Paul Solano to erase from the records his Sept. 17, 2017 affidavit on how he discovered the body of UST student Horacio Tomas "Atio" Castillo III because it was allegedly a falsified document.

China has quietly undertaken more construction and reclamation in the South China Sea, recent satellite images show, and is likely to more powerfully reassert its claims over the waterway soon, regional diplomats and military officers say.