Former President Benigno Aquino III said the thousands of people who joined the Sept. 21 protest rallies to mark the 45th anniversary of the Marcos regime’s martial law was also a proof of the Filipinos’ sentiments against signs of another iron-fisted rule under the Duterte administration.

(UPDATE - 11:02 p.m.) The Senate Finance committee took less than 15 minutes to approve on Thursday the 2018 budget of the Committee on Elections, but that was not the main concern when senators met Comelec officials. What now worries them all is this: what to do with ballots already printed, marked "October 2017," and for which P600 million has thus far been spent.

The government is expected to generate some P134 billion in revenues, and "99 percent of taxpayers will enjoy higher take-home pay" under the version of the tax reform bill approved by the Senate ways and means panel, according to its committee chairman.

“Alam natin ‘yan. Bakit in the recent years may ganito ba kalawak na protesta? Nakalimutan na ang martial law. Bakit binubuhay pa? Aba, move on naman tayo,” PNP chief Ronald Dela Rosa said on Thursday.

Rodolfo “Rudy” Salalima, the first secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), tendered his resignation letter to Pres. Rodrigo Duterte two weeks ago, a reliable source told Newsbytes.PH.

MANILA - The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday decides to holds on to its inflation forecasts for 2017 and 2018, saying consumer...

The beleaguered Rohingya, the stateless people who have been fleeing to Bangladesh from Myanmar to escape persecution, may qualify for accessing the trust fund that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has put up for humanitarian and relief efforts for regional migrants and victims of human trafficking.

The Trump administration is making it more difficult for skilled foreigners to work in the United States, challenging visa applications more often than at nearly any point in the Obama era, according to data reviewed by Reuters.

Almost two weeks after President Duterte warned that he would declare martial law nationwide if communist rebels stage rebellion on the streets, Malacañang on Thursday said the chief executive wasn’t planning to impose iron-fisted rule throughout the country.

Philippine-based Max's Restaurant plans to expand its presence in North America by partnering with Canadian Alibin Group Inc.

Investor confidence remains fairly intact more than a year into the administration of President Rodrigo R. Duterte, as policy uncertainty has dissipated on the economic front despite persistent political noise, an analyst at S&P Global Ratings said Wednesday.

The Office of the Ombudsman has found sufficient evidence to indict Davao del Norte Representative Antonio Floirendo for the graft complaint filed by his erstwhile buddy, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, over a deal between banana grower Tagum Development Corp. and the Bureau of Corrections.

The Communist Party of the Philippines hailed the protest on Thursday, September 21, saying it showed “the determination of the Filipino people to oppose Duterte’s plan to replicate his idol,” the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

Soldiers held more than 200 lumad from the town of San Miguel, Surigao del Sur on their way to the provincial capital Tandag City to join protests Thursday marking the 45th anniversary of Ferdinand Marcos’ declaration of martial law and what critics see as the increasingly brutal rule of President Rodrigo Duterte.

The Fil-Am child sensation lost to 12-year-old singing ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer.