Engineers will soon conduct a crucial test of a futuristic technology that seeks to revolutionize transportation by sending passengers and cargo packed into pods through an intercity system of vacuum tubes.

The Supreme Court was asked Friday to rule on a petition to compel Congress to convene and review President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law over Mindanao before the 60-day validity of Proclamation No. 216, issued on May 23, lapses on July 22.

These six candidates are favorites not only for the Miss Philippines Earth crown but also for four other titles.

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Human rights advocates here and abroad joined the storm of criticism greeting President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to return to active duty police officers involved in the killing of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr., saying it allowed them to “get away with murder.”

Employees of the Marcos, Ilocos Norte municipal government were barred from their offices as they reported to work Friday morning because of a bomb threat.

A Texas repairman found that one of the hardest parts about being trapped while servicing a bank's automated teller machine was convincing customers coming for cash that he was stuck.

Communist rebels in Mindanao have “arrested” at least two policemen and are holding them as “prisoners of war.”

Among the biggest surprises was a nod for nerdy teen Barb Holland, played by newcomer Shannon Purser in 'Stranger Things.'

The first episode of the seventh season was screened at a lavish premiere in Los Angeles Wednesday night.

After two days trapped by the battle between extremists and government forces, two seniors at the Mindanao State University-Marawi campus fled to Iligan City where they helped care for fellow evacuees before finally joining their class of "bakwit" graduates.

The Bacolod City Health Office urged residents once more to “search (for) and destroy” mosquito breeding places after recording an 84.5 percent spike in dengue cases from January to July.

Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, a prominent dissident since the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, died on Thursday after being denied permission to leave the country for treatment for late-stage liver cancer.

With a Japanese festival, a shopping fair, theater shows, and a major concert by three musical divas—you know it's going to be a busy but happy weekend.

President Rodrigo Duterte apologized to residents of Leyte on Thursday, admitting that the continuing crisis in Marawi had prevented him from visiting the Eastern Visayan province until a week after it was rocked by a 6.5 magnitude earthquake.