After the crackdown of "habal-habal", the Makati City Council has passed a city ordinance prohibiting motorcycle drivers from carrying small children on board anywhere in the city.

The Court of Appeals has dismissed the appeal of Jason Ivler to reverse and set aside the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City's November 2015 judgment of conviction, where he was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of murder and sentenced to imprisonment of reclusion perpetua.

A restaurant in India's southern Chennai city is trying to revolutionise customer service by introducing robot waiters to deliver food and drinks.

Without fixed wages and not covered by social protection benefits, the country's informal sector workers are among those who stand to be worst hit with the implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) bill,a labor federation said Monday.

More foreign funds entered the Philippines in November as investors drew optimism from tax reform progress in Congress as well as increased interest following the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit here, the central bank said.

The law dates back to 1923, when Myanmar, then known as Burma, was a province of British India. At the time British administrators worried that rival powers could seek to exploit anti-colonial unrest in its South Asian empire.

President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated his wish for Manny Pacquiao to become the country's next top leader. "Alam mo kaya mo," he told the senator.

The camp of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno shrugged off the alleged “psywar campaign” being used to condition the minds of the public by camps seeking to oust the top magistrate from power.

'We still feel like a new band, still hungry and still ready to prove what we can do,' says frontman Jamir Garcia.

"If former senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. is determined to get a speedy resolution of his protest...he should avoid filing motions that only lengthen the proceedings," said the Vice President's camp in a statement.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday expressed his support for same-sex unions, after previously declaring his opposition to gay marriage, in an about-face that may displease bishops in the mainly Roman Catholic country.

All's not well at a government agency in Pasig City established 44 years ago, just months after then President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law.

After calling them "communist terrorists" and saying they were among the reasons why martial law should be extended in Mindanao, President Duterte again assailed members of the NPA, claiming they were sexually abusing poor people in rural areas where they operate.

The eighth movie in the 'Star Wars' saga collected $220 million in North America and $230 million in the rest of the world.

(UPDATE 7) Tropical Storm Urduja (Kai-Tak) inflicted havoc in Biliran days before Christmas, leaving 26 dead and 23 missing as it exited the island-province and headed towards Northern Palawan.