Former President Benigno Aquino III said Monday that he would have stopped the administration of Dengvaxia had government been informed that the vaccine from Sanofi Pasteur could not completely shield the children from dengue.

Former President Benigno Aquino made a pitch to let only experts speak on the Dengvaxia issue to avoid spreading panic through unfounded conjectures that can only harm the public welfare.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unveiled its flagship Galaxy S9 smartphone with an emphasis on visual applications for social media, hoping to attract tech savvy young consumers to weather a market slowdown.

A 26-year old customs broker was shot dead in an ambush by motorcycle-riding killers in Caloocan City in a crime captured by closed circuit television cameras Monday morning, February 26.

Iran said pro-Damascus forces would press ahead with attacks on an insurgent enclave near the Syrian capital, as ground fighting raged on there in defiance of a U.N. resolution demanding a 30-day truce across the country.

The first civilian to testify in the case of two Reuters reporters accused of violating Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act contradicted police and prosecutors on Wednesday about where the pair were arrested, a defense lawyer said.

A South Korean who fled to the Philippines three years ago after being indicted in Seoul for allegedly operating a multi-million dollar telephone fraud scheme has been arrested and will be deported by the Bureau of Immigration.

A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea’s Southern Highlands province early on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, disrupting communications and oil and gas operations.

That's the second-highest second weekend gross ever behind 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens.'

One hundred and ten girls are missing after an attack on a school in northeast Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, the information ministry said on Sunday, in what may be one of the largest abductions since the Chibok kidnappings of 2014.

China’s ruling Communist Party on Sunday set the stage for President Xi Jinping to stay in office indefinitely, with a proposal to remove a constitutional clause limiting presidential service to just two terms in office.

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has thumbed down the idea of running for senator, endorsing instead Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson and Deputy Speaker Pia Cayetano.

Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Sunday exposed plans by administration allies in Congress to postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections anew to give way to the planned Charter Change plebiscite in October 2018.

A woman believed to be the wife of two slain terrorists was captured by soldiers and policemen in an operation Sunday launched by the Joint Task Force Zampelan and the Lanao del Norte PNP.

The Army discovered three arms cachés belonging to CPP-NPA terrorists in three barangays in Compostela Valley, yielding six-high powered firearms (HPFAs), five improvised explosive devices (IEDs), six magazines with ammunition and other war materiél.