Philippine National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa will be appointed to head the Bureau of Corrections after his mandatory retirement on turning 56 on January 21 next year.

Human rights lawyers said extending martial law in Mindanao for another year “seems to be part of a grand design or intent to eventually place the entire country under virtual military rule and completely transform the nation into a police state.”

Democrat Doug Jones won a bitter fight for a U.S. Senate seat in deeply conservative Alabama on Tuesday, U.S. media projected, dealing a political blow to President Donald Trump in a race marked by accusations of sexual misconduct against Republican candidate Roy Moore.

A Palace executive called martial law a “flexible concept” that essentially warns people not to get in the way of government efforts to enforce public safety.

Taiwan will fail in its efforts to get foreign support for its cause, the Chinese government said on Wednesday after a senior Chinese diplomat threaten Taiwan would be attacked the instant any U.S. warship visits the self-ruled island.

Is the inclusion of the New People’s Army as a “factual basis” for President Rodrigo Duterte’s seeking the yearlong extension of martial law in Mindanao the prelude to extending its coverage to the whole country?

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered on Tuesday to begin direct talks with North Korea without preconditions, backing away from a key U.S. demand that Pyongyang must first accept that any negotiations would have to be about giving up its nuclear arsenal.

Read President Rodrigo Duterte's letter to the leaders of Congress laying down the reasons why he believes martial law in Mindanao needs to be extended for another year.

Virtual currency bitcoin hit another all-time peak on Tuesday as investors grew optimistic that the $20,000-mark is within reach.

Musicians Mariah Reodica and Aly Cabral, and designer Mich Dulce spoke out in support of the Safe Spaces Bill.

(UPDATE 5 - 12:17 p.m.) Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III opened Wednesday morning, December 13, the joint session of Congress that will debate and decide on President Rodrigo Duterte’s request to extend martial law in Mindanao for another year.

A known human rights and environmental activist in the Ilocos region was arrested by police Tuesday evening, December 12, as he was commuting home on rebellion charges he was supposed to have committed back in 2014.

Princes William and Harry both appear in the film as storm-troopers, clad head-to-toe in the characters’ signature white armor.

The great trial lawyer John Henry Wigmore said: “Cross examination is the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of the truth.”

The movie scored a 94 percent 'fresh' rating on aggregator site RottenTomatoes.com, with critics praising its energy and emotion.