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.

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The European Union and Australia told a global conference to discuss climate policy that discussions on finance should not be included in negotiations for loss and damage because “not every disaster is caused by climate change.”

The Armed Forces of the Philippines is keeping an eye on Cotabato City, which it worries might be "the next" Marawi, Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez Jr., commander of the Western Mindanao Command, said.

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(UPDATE - 12:14 p.m.) Storm warning signals have been lifted as tropical storm “Salome” moved farther from land and out over the West Philippine Sea late Friday morning, November 10.

While in Vietnam, President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday reiterated his attacks against the European Union and other critics, this time including Vice President Leni Robredo.

The Philippine central bank’s policy-making Monetary Board (MB) kept its 3.2 percent average inflation forecast for 2017 and 2019 but hiked the 2018 projection to 3.4 percent due partly to the sustained rise of oil prices and an expected rise in domestic liquidity.

While in Vietnam for the APEC summit, President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday again lashed out at United Nations Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial Execution Agnes Callamard.

Davao's City Anti-Drug Abuse Council will look into the records of three employees who had tested positive for illegal drug use.

Norberto Landicho has been "treating" the sick and "teaching" students about the science of healing for the last five years.

For the first time, President Rodrigo Duterte addressed delegates to the APEC CEO Summit here, with his speech focused on globalization. He made an impassioned appeal to big, progressive countries to help developing countries so that they do not get mired in poverty amid globalization.

The Philippines should use its chairmanship of ASEAN at the 31st ASEAN Summit and related summits to rally allies to secure a firmer commitment that China will respect its maritime space and its fisherfolk's right to fish, as upheld by an international tribunal, opposition senators said Thursday.