(UPDATE 2) The Sandiganbayan issued a hold departure order against Benigno Aquino III on Friday after the former President posted a P40,000-bail in connection with the graft and usurpation of authority charges that were filed against him by the Office of the Ombudsman.

(UPDATE 5) Former President Benigno Aquino III went to the Sandiganbayan Third Division Friday afternoon to post bail after usurpation of authority and graft charges were slapped against him by the Office of the Ombudsman in relation to the Mamasapano incident.

“Sabi ko, ‘Why?’ Sabi nila, ‘Dahil sabi ni Vice President Robredo.’ ‘O bakit?’ Sabi niya, ‘Mas gusto namin siya. Babae at saka hindi nagmumura," President Duterte said.

Abu Sayyaf fighters killed six soldiers and wounded four others in a clash in Sumisip, Basilan this week, the military said.

The Department of Labor and Employment has temporarily stopped accepting and processing applications for overseas Filipino workers’ employment certificates to protect them from illegal recruiters.

Two former officials of the Bureau of Customs, who resigned at the height of the Senate probe into the smuggling of P6.4 billion worth of crystal meth, or “shabu,” have been given posts in the Department of Transportation by President Rodrigo Duterte.

President Rodrigo Duterte, who is facing international criticism for his bloody war on drugs, said his country was willing to host a “world summit” to tackle how nations can protect human rights.

President Rodrigo Duterte said he intends to impress on China’s President Xi Jinping the need for a “code of conduct” among nations in the South China Sea.

About 1.6 million LED lights dazzled in festive colors—leaving the crowd in awe and in the mood for a merry Christmas.

Lit-up tapestries are this vibrant district's exquisite holiday street attractions.

Syria’s army declared victory over Islamic State on Thursday, saying its capture of the jihadists’ last town in the country marked the collapse of their three-year, hardline reign in the in the region.

New mechanical exoskeletons being tested by Ford Motor Co may help factory workers to function like bionic people.

ANYmal is an autonomous quadrupedal robot designed to navigate industrial sites, with the eventual aim of inspecting oil and gas sites without human help. Jim Drury has more.

Ahead of the Philippines’ hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit, more than 270 nongovernment organizations and individuals renewed calls for a United Nations-led investigation into the thousands of deaths associated with President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.

(UPDATE - 10:45 a.m.) Once again defending his deadly war on drugs and making light of the possibility he might be jailed for the loss of lives, President Rodrigo Duterte said he has spent time behind bars, including for knifing a person dead when he was only 16.