Heeding numerous requests from the general public to allow the exchange and replacement of their New Design Series (NDS) banknotes, the Monetary Board has set a new deadline of December 29, 2017 for this purpose.

An urban regional planner is pushing for a three-pronged strategy to strengthen land use planning, including physical and digital nationwide connectivity.

A media organization took chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo to task for accusing two journalists who interviewed him of twisting what he insists was a joke “to suit your anti-administration sentiment.”

PDEA agents were conducting an operation against a pusher when they caught the 32-year-old actor buying shabu from their target.

The Office of the Presidential Spokesperson scrambled to control the fallout after an insult against two journalists, including News5’s Lourd de Veyra, appeared in the comments section of its own verified Facebook account as it broadcast live on Friday, October 27.

Are news reports drawn from the contents of the sworn statement Aegis Juris fraternity member Marc Anthony Ventura submitted to apply for witness protection illegal? Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II indicated as much in a statement released by his office on Friday.

The cremated remains of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej were collected on Friday as part of an elaborate, five-day funeral ceremony that drew hundreds of thousands of black-clad mourners to Bangkok’s historic old quarter.

Two explosions tore through a fireworks factory on the outskirts of Indonesia’s capital on Thursday, killing at least 47 people and injuring dozens.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke on Thursday with Myanmar’s army chief and expressed concern over reported atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, the U.S. State Department said in a statement.

(UPDATE 2 - 1:24 p.m.) A suspected financier of the Maute group that was involved in the recently ended occupation of Marawi City was arrested in Novaliches, Quezon City on Friday, October 27, radio reports said.

Military relations between China and the United States are a positive force in ties, and China wants to deepen mutual trust and cooperation, China’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday ahead of a visit to Beijing by U.S. President Donald Trump.

With prospects of resumed peace talks between communist rebels and the government still up in the air the military in Northern Mindanao beefed up its forces, organizing a new battalion to counter the threat posed by the New People’s Army, especially in Bukidnon province.

The United States embassy and its affiliated offices will be closed on Tuesday, October 31, and Wednesday, November 1, for the All Saints’ Day holidays.

All nine episodes of 'Stranger Things 2' will be released on Friday.

(UPDATE - 12:33 p.m.) Australia’s High Court ruled on Friday that Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is ineligible to remain in parliament, a stunning decision that cost the government its one-seat parliamentary majority and forced a by-election.