President Rodrigo Duterte’s utterances and admissions have practically ensured he cannot escape liability in the preliminary examination of the International Criminal Court into the alleged extrajudicial killings that have marked his war on drugs, Albay Representative Edcel Lagman said.

The trend throughout Southeast Asia has been to lower corporate income taxes to lure investors, while passing on the burden to the people through "regressive consumption taxes," which is particularly bad for the poor.

The Trump administration is considering making it harder for foreigners living in the United States to get permanent residency if they or their American-born children use public benefits such as food assistance, in a move that could sharply restrict legal immigration.

Tori, 20, is in the cast of the sex comedy play 'Solo Para Adultos' (For Adults Only) which will have a repeat performance this February 10 at the Music Museum.

(UPDATE - 12:12 p.m.) The Armed Forces of the Philippines said the Bell 412EPI helicopters supposed to be purchased from Canada are “not an offensive platform and not armed as such.”

Zuellig Family Foundation, the Philippine Council for NGO Certification and Grupo Kalinangan, Inc. improve efficiency and transparency with Oracle NetSuite Social Impact.

Asian stocks tumbled to two-month lows on Friday after Wall Street shares suffered yet another big slide in the face of rapidly-rising bond yields, with perceived havens such as the yen and Swiss franc in demand amid the turmoil.

Local government units in Eastern Visayas have until March to finish the P2.52-billion rehabilitation of facilities damaged by super typhoon Yolanda in 2013 or see the funds revert to the central government.

Scientists have succeeded for the first time in growing human eggs in a laboratory from the earliest stages in ovarian tissue all the way to full maturity -- a scientific step that had previously been taken in mice.

MedCure Inc., a so-called body broker, profits by dissecting the bodies of altruistic donors and sending the parts to medical training and research companies.

Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler and Alek Skarlatos from Sacramento, California, play themselves in the movie 'The 15:17 to Paris.'

Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd, announced two key promotions to its executive team.

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis dismissed concerns on Thursday that the United States was being dragged into a broader conflict in Syria, after a major clash with pro-Syrian government forces overnight that may have left 100 or more of them dead.

The Manila Economic and Cultural Office confirmed Thursday night that the Filipina reported missing after the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that hit Hualien, Taiwan on Tuesday had died.

A United Nations human rights expert urged the government to see the preliminary examination the International Criminal Court into alleged extrajudicial killings in the “war on drugs” as an “opportunity to turn a definite page” in the bloody campaign and “undertake impartial and independent investigations into all allegations and provide remedies and reparations to the victims.”