(UPDATE - 2:17 p.m.) The human rights group Karapatan slammed Task Force Davao for detaining its secretary general for Southern Mindanao, Hanimay Suazo, and three peasant leaders for five hours before finally letting them go late Wednesday night.

The House committee on good government and public accountability has formally issued a subpoena ordering Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos to attend its July 25 hearing on pain of arrest.

President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday he might move to extend martial law in Mindanao beyond 60 days if the Marawi crisis drags on and even expand it to the Visayas “if there is a spillover” of the violence in the south.

The Venezuelan government hunted on Wednesday for rogue policemen who attacked key installations by helicopter, but critics of President Nicolas Maduro suspected the raid may have been staged to justify repression.

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Two Mandaluyong City policemen carried out a different disciplining style that lacked any semblance of law and order when they apprehended two men caught drinking liquor on the street.

A new song from Lin Manuel Miranda, set to rap lyrics, extols immigrants and their contributions to society.

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While analysts, critics, and concerned groups have started to assess his one-year performance as the country's 16th President, Rodrigo Duterte will not make an evaluation of himself until he completes his six-year term and if he's still alive by then.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday ended his six-day absence and again got back at one of his critics for claiming that according to highly informed sources, the chief executive got ill and thus failed to appear in public.

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The San Miguel Beermen players Chris Ross and Charles Rhodes bagged home the top individual awards of the Oppo PBA Commissioner's Cup on Wednesday. The...

The eye roll. This is the emoji PNP chief Director General Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa associates with Police Superintendent Marvin Marcos, who was among those accused in the killing of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa while detained at the Baybay Provincial Jail in November 2016. On News5's digital program "Isa Laban Sa Lahat", dela Rosa nevertheless said this showed that the justice system was working in the Philippines, because Marcos was given the chance to post bail.

China's military on Wednesday launched a new type of domestically-built destroyer, state media said, the latest addition to the country's rapidly expanding navy.