A plan to certify steel plants abroad and treat them as if they are local manufacturers could spell public safety risks to Philippine consumers, according to local steel companies who are asking the government to reconsider.

MANILA, Philippines - In a move that could effectively dissolve the Energy Regulatory Commission, the House of Representatives gave the agency a measly budget...

The country’s inflation rate surged to 3.1 percent in August 2017 from 2.8 percent in the previous month, due to higher prices of food, transport, water and electricity.

Beijing is waging a campaign of harassment against Chinese activists who seek to testify at the United Nations about repression, while the world body sometimes turns a blind eye or is even complicit, Human Rights Watch said.

MANILA, Philippines - With documentary evidence to back up the allegations and the possible testimony of two Supreme Court magistrates, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez believes...

Drone enthusiasts in China are scrambling for licenses after the government adopted strict rules this year to tackle incidents of drones straying into aircraft flight paths.

The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has dismissed the first cause of action of Senator Bongbong Marcos, which had sought to void Vice President Leni Robredo's election and proclamation as the second highest official of the Philippines.

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa became emotional once again on Tuesday, at a Senate inquiry on the death of two students separately killed by Caloocan cops, taking offense with Senator Risa Hontiveros' remark about an alleged "state policy" for police to kill drug suspects.

Former Senator Ferdinand Marcos should be required to deposit P2 billion - covering the cost of Comelec's retention of 92,509 vote-counting machines and other equipment used in the 2016 election - since he is the one who wanted the poll body to retain custody of the VCMs for his pending election protest.

Filipino sailor Geylord "Evang" Coveta fell short of winning the gold medal in the recently concluded 2017 Southeast Asian Games, settling for silver in...

The Philippine police's "The Rock" again softened on Tuesday as he cried and expressed his "hurt" feelings over allegations that it was the policy of the PNP to mercilessly kill the defenseless amid the Duterte administration's war on drugs campaign.

The National Police chief on Tuesday told senators probing the killings of two teenagers by Caloocan cops that he needed to get the permission of the President before submitting spot reports on deaths in PNP operations since Rodrigo Duterte took power.

With five gunshot wounds -- four in the chest and one in the abdomen -- and several contusions and abrasions in different parts of his body, it was possible that 19-year-old former UP student Carl Angelo Arnaiz found it difficult to fight back against his assailants.

PNP chief Gen. Ronald dela Rosa on Tuesday defended his men from claims that there appeared to be a pattern among cops involved in the war on drugs campaign of killing even those who were not fighting them.

The Caloocan City policemen accused of killing defenseless schoolboy Kian Lloyd delos Santos on Tuesday repeatedly refused to answer questions from senators about how they handled the 17-year-old after dragging him away during an anti-drug operation in August.