"Much as President Duterte might wish that the issue would just go away and the world would turn its back on people who are being killed in the name of his murderous war on drugs, that's not gonna happen. The world is watching," said Human Rights Watch-Geneva Director John Fisher, who quietly flew into town before the weekend.

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Catalonia’s capital Barcelona on Sunday to express their opposition to declaring independence from Spain, showing how divided the region is on the issue.

Senate President and PDP Laban President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said Monday that PDP Laban will stop accepting new members by the end of November 2017, citing the need for the Party to have sufficient time to screen, vet, and choose the official Party candidates for the May 2019 national and local elections.

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is considering to blacklist Metro Rail Transit (MRT) maintenance provider Busan Universal Rail Inc. (BURI) from entering into any contract with the government amid the recent breakdowns of the railway system.

Defending champions Barangay Ginebra San Miguel marched their way back to the finals after ousting TNT KaTropa in the Oppo PBA Governors' Cup semifinals...

Hall of Famer and Phoenix Suns star forward Connie Hawkins, who played seven seasons in the NBA, has died at the age of 75. Hawkins,...

The Ateneo Blue Eagles completed a seven-game sweep of the UAAP Season 80 first round after escaping defending champions De La Salle Green Archers,...

Combat strike operations by the Armed Forces of the Philippines resulted in the arrest of 20 armed local terrorists and the seizure of suspected shabu and components of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at the boundary of So. Simboloy, Brgy Kuden, Talitay and Brgy Brar, Datu Anggal Midtimbang, all of Maguindanao, on Saturday (October 07, 2017).

Barangay Ginebra team executive Alfeancis Chua and TNT coach Nash Racela were trying to get at each other's skin in Game 3 of the...

(UPDATE, 11:35 P.M) The Third Quarter 2017 Social Weather Survey, conducted from September 23-27, 2017, found gross satisfaction with President Rodrigo Duterte fell by 11 points from 78%, gross dissatisfaction rose by 7 points from 12%, and gross undecided rose by 4 points from 10%.

The Philippine government will comply with a United States request for the extradition of Russel Salic
, a Cagayn de Oro-based orthopedic doctor alleged to be involved in terror plots in New York, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said Sunday. 


Why limit the number of workers who can enjoy an expanded yearend package? This was the pointed question to senators of Buhay Rep. Lito Atienza at the weekend, as he assailed a Senate panel's move throwing out the House’s initiative to increase to P100,000 the aggregate amount of 13th month pay, Christmas bonus and other benefits that may be received tax-free by employees every year.

As the country's premier office tasked with ensuring all government policies and programs rest on well-vetted data, the Philippine Statistics Authority should not simply rely on data churned out by other agencies, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said at the continuation of budget hearings Friday.

Washington Sycip, who founded in the fifties one of the country's leading accounting and management firms and pillar of the local business community, died enroute to New York Saturday, former Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima said on his Twitter account.

Qatar’s government announced measures to help private sector businesses on Saturday after its economy was hurt by sanctions imposed by other Arab states.