A sudden outburst of jets from a black hole 8,000 light years from Earth has offered astronomers a rare opportunity to measure the surrounding magnetic field, only to find it weaker than expected.

A human rights organization has written the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people to report the latest atrocities against lumad in Mindanao, particularly the alleged massacre of eight T’boli and Dulangan Manobo in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato and evacuations in Surigao del Sur, Sarangani and Agusan del Sur.

The director of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority in Negros Occidental was seriously wounded by still unidentified gunmen who ambushed him in Talisay City early Thursday evening, December 7.

The oldest and most distant black hole ever observed -- a celestial brute 800 million times more massive than the sun -- is providing scientists some surprises about the nature of the universe when, on a cosmic scale, it was a mere toddler.

Filipino fans have only until December 13 to vote for Neil Ray Garcia Llanes, DM-X Convaleñoz, and Urban Crew.

An international human rights watchdog dismissed as a “false claim” presidential spokesman Harry Roque’s assertion that the International Criminal Court should not investigate the deaths in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on because the government is willing and able to prosecute those responsible.

The HIV-AIDS drama will be shown on December 9 at 12NN and 6:30PM, on Cignal's Colours and Sari Sari channels.

The Philippines, along with the rest of East Asia and the Pacific, has lifted numerous households from poverty over the past two decades. But beyond this, it must ensure its citizens are able to improve their situation in life (upward economic mobility) and are able to hold on to the gains they have made (economic security).

As they return to the government's war on drugs, members of the Philippine National Police are now made to read Bible passages to lift their moral aptitude and gain "a more humane outlook" in the performance of their duties and functions, an official said.

Two U.S. B-1B heavy bombers joined large-scale combat drills over South Korea on Thursday amid warnings from North Korea that the exercises and U.S. threats have made the outbreak of war “an established fact.”

The Islamist group Hamas urged Palestinians on Thursday to abandon peace efforts and launch a new uprising against Israel in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as its capital.

(UPDATED) When does a problem become worse? One is if it isn't solved, and two is if the problem is made serious by a supposed solution that turns out to be another problem.

The Duterte administration is left with a total balance of over 800,000 hectares of agricultural landholdings that the previous administration failed to acquire and distribute to farmer-beneficiaries of the CARP due to the absence of a law that would fund its implementation.

The bicameral conference committee on the tax reform package agreed Thursday to set a higher cap on the tax-exempt Christmas bonus of workers, and the TRAIN bill's chief sponsor in the Senate said this goes together with the adjustment of the income tax exemption to P250,000 to ensure workers bring home much bigger pay by 2018.

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that it will move its embassy to the holy city.