Two personnel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue were arrested Thursday by the National Bureau of Investigation right in their office in Manila in an entrapment operation set up following the complaint of a firm they were allegedly trying to extort money from.

The Philippine peso plunged to 50.53 against the US dollar Thursday, its lowest in almost 11 years since Sept. 11, 2006 though it was a little change from the 50.50 on Wednesday close. Share prices also slid amid foreign selling, the second straight day of negative close for the main stock index.

At barely four months to go before the scheduled Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, which are still uncertain to be conducted, the Commission on...

To political analyst Dindo Manhit, it is inherent in the projected image of President Rodrigo Duterte that he comes across as a popular, stern...

The military said Abdullah Maute's leadership wasn’t effective as terrorists wrangled over money and power - an indication that the group would eventually fall apart.

BEIJING - Relations between China and the Philippines have entered a "golden period of fast development", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday,...

MANILA, Philippines - At the time when his first anniversary as president comes around, President Rodrigo Duterte’s allies in the House of representatives expectedly...

Two civilian hostages were successfully retrieved to safety Thursday in a rescue mission. They confirmed reports that their terrorist captors were exploiting non-combatants. Some female...

Resorts World Manila resumed Thursday (June 29) its gaming operations after PAGCOR lifted the June 9, 2017 suspension order of the company’s provisional license to operate casinos and other gaming facilities as a result of the June 2 shooting and arson incident that killed 38 people dead, including the lone perpetrator.

Two people were killed and five others injured after a 10-wheeler truck plowed through three houses, a store and a parked vehicle along the national highway in barangay Lumbo, Alubijid town in Misamis Oriental, Thursday morning.

News5 Digital's "Isa Laban Sa Lahat" presentation, anchored by Luchi Cruz Valdes, got off to a rousing start with Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief...

President Rodrigo Duterte has named his choices to fill three soon-to-be vacant seats on the central bank's monetary board to ensure a smooth transition at the country's top policy-making body.

Karl Michael Marasigan, chief of the Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction Management office, has primed the city's various response units and staff for quick...

Researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) have found a way to survive drought conditions 50 percent longer by leveraging chloroplasts to initiate the...

The next time President Rodrigo Duterte disappears from public view for several days, don't be surprised anymore. The chief executive said this would be his new normal as he embarks on secret journeys mostly in Mindanao amid the raging war in Marawi.