Faced with recent questions on its relevance and a proposal for its abolition, the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) announced Thursday it had breached its 2017 goal of remittances to the national government in just the middle of the year.

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales has ordered the filing of criminal charges against former vice president Jejomar Binay and his son, dismissed Makati mayor Jejomar Erwin "Junjun" Binay for allegedly conspiring to rig the procurement of the P1.3-billion Makati Science High School Building.

After calling his predecessor gago (stupid), President Rodrigo Duterte was criticized by Benigno Aquino III's former spokesperson, who described the chief executive's behavior as a reflection of his "uncouthness," which in Tagalog is roughly equivalent to kabastusan.

Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon, who is engaged in what appears to be a progressively worsening tiff with lawmakers over allegations of corruption, received more flak for appointing former and current basketball and volleyball players as “technical assistants” of his agency.

Malacañang needs to weigh the cost of enacting a bill providing free tuition in state universities and colleges before deciding the measure’s fate, a Palace official said Thursday.

Malacañang has suspended Energy Regulatory Commission chairman Jose Vicente Salazar for insubordination.

Civil rights groups slammed the Trump administration on Wednesday over a U.S. Justice Department plan to probe whether colleges' racial-preference admissions programs discriminate against white and Asian-American applicants.

Senator vowed to keep pushing for the enactment of a law grating free tuition in state universities and colleges despite the possibility of President Rodrigo Duterte’s vetoing the measure on the advice of his economic advisers.

Millions of bubbles floating across Victoria Harbour on Wednesday are part of the latest public art show by Japanese artist Shinji Ohmaki.

Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas advised individuals and groups intending to impeach officials to ensure they comply with the rules of the House of Representatives as two complaints against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno remained without endorsers.

U.S. President Donald Trump's doubts about the war in Afghanistan has led to a delay in completing a new strategy in South Asia, skepticism that included a suggestion that the U.S. military commander in the region be fired, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

Communist rebels accused government forces of executing a leading cadre, another guerrilla, and two civilians in Sorsogon late last week and said were holding President Rodrigo Duterte “criminally responsible for the Casiguran massacre.”

Tigers and forests are replaced by homeless people and refugees struggling to survive in an urban jungle filled with drugs and knife crime.

After a crackdown on illegal immigration that has sharply reduced the number of unauthorized border crossings from Mexico, U.S. President Donald Trump is now turning his attention to reducing the number of legal immigrants in the country.

Brazil's lower house of Congress voted on Wednesday to reject a corruption charge against President Michel Temer for allegedly taking bribes, saving him from facing a possible Supreme Court trial that could have ousted him from office.