In a last-ditch appeal, Albay Representative Edcel Lagman on Wednesday asked the the “small committee” of the House of Representatives to restore the original budget of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) before the 2018 budget bill is approved on third reading next week.

The Supreme Court has suspended work in all courts nationwide on Thursday, Sept. 21, following a Palace proclamation on work and class suspensions in Executive branch agencies and in public schools.

Movement Against Tyranny, the organizers of Thursday's anti-dictatorship rally at Luneta Park, are negotiating with the NPDC to be allotted the grounds in front of the Quirino Grandstand on learning that the latter was given instead to the "Lion's Club", which will be hosting a feeding program from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the same day.

U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his standoff with North Korea over its nuclear challenge on Tuesday, threatening to “totally destroy” the country of 26 million people and mocking its leader, Kim Jong Un, as a “rocket man.”

Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II signed Wednesday an Immigration Lookout Bulletin Order against at least 15 persons said to be members of the Aegis Juris fraternity, which is suspected to be behind the hazing death of law school freshman Horacio Tomas Castillo III.

President Duterte may have dubbed it a "National Day of Protest" and declared work and class suspensions in government offices and public schools, but banks will remain "fully operational" on Thursday, Sept. 21, the 45th anniversary of martial law.

(UPDATE - 1:25 p.m.) The impeachment complaint against Commission on Election chairman Andres Bautista was dismissed for insufficiency in form Wednesday morning, September 20, by the justice committee of the House of Representatives by a vote of 26-2.

It still won’t be a holiday but Malacañang has officially declared the suspension of work in the executive branch of government and classes in public schools on Thursday, September 21, the 45th anniversary of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ declaration of martial law.

Tension gripped the Manila Police District early Wednesday as shots were fired when a man tried to run down policemen and journalists with his car after he was caught taking video as media interviewed a potential witness in the death of law school freshman Horacio Castillo III.

‘I Found My Heart in Santa Fe’ is the first brand-new film to be released through FDCP's Cine Lokal.

An elderly widower was shot dead by motorcycle-riding killers as he rode a jeepney in Barangay Potrero, Malabon City Tuesday morning.

The killing of Kian Lloyd delos Santos, widely believed to be an execution and not a shootout as police claim, is a “turning point” that highlights the need for an independent investigation into the thousands of deaths in the government’s war on drugs, a United Nations expert said.

Asia’s 50 Best Restaurant 2017 awardee Matt Abergel and Top Chef Season 9 Winner Paul Qui will be among the world-renowned chefs to grace the congress.

(UPDATE 2 - 12:06 p.m.) At least 149 people died when a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck central Mexico on Tuesday, toppling buildings in the heavily populated capital where rescuers scoured frantically under the rubble of ruins for survivors.

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