'We fully support the dialogue sparked by this incident and condemn all forms of sexual harassment.'

Pope Francis visits Myanmar next week, a delicate trip for the world’s most senior Christian to a majority Buddhist country accused by Washington of the “ethnic cleansing” of Muslim Rohingya people.

"Duterte´s bloodlust and mania for mass murder are boundless. He expects to wipe out through arbitrary arrests, torture, indefinite detention and massacre of suspected revolutionaries and legal social activists both the armed revolutionary movement and the legal democratic movement in order to set up a fascist dictatorship."

Unemployment among Filipino youth is expected to rise, even as they are forced to grapple with how new technology affects the kinds of jobs that will be available in the future. They will need skills such as problem-solving, critical thinking, and creativity.

A day after getting his newly minted second title as presidential adviser on human rights, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Thursday mere "conspiracy" with communist rebels could be basis for arresting and filing rebellion cases against the so-called "legal fronts" of the Communist Party of the Philippines.

The Philippine national men's basketball team aims to kick off its FIBA World Cup qualifying campaign on a high note as it takes on...

The directive, made public on Thursday, said the aim was to pursue stronger economic growth, create fairness and to enable partnerships to develop.

“The appointment of presidential spokesman Harry Roque as the President’s adviser on human rights is to apparently deodorize the Duterte administration’s unabated violation of human rights," said Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman.

Senate President Koko Pimentel wants Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre to explain the Department of Justice's decision to clear former Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and several of his top aides of culpability in the smuggling last May of P6.4 billion worth of methampethamine hydrochloride (shabu) into the country via the Bureau of Customs green lane.

Rights advocates warned that the country could be on the brink of tyranny as it was 45 years ago and urged people to set aside their differences and unite to defend their freedoms.

Philippine national men's basketball team coach Chot Reyes revealed the 12 players who will go up against Japan in Gilas Pilipinas' first game in...

“Make your stand” and “lend your lives to the poor and the oppressed,” Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno challenged lawyers.

The Press in the Philippines has been described to be among the freest in Asia if not in the world, robust, almost rambunctious in...

(UPDATE - 1:12 p.m.) Former presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella has been named undersecretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs.

The Bellas and 'The Voice' finalists collaborate in the 'Freedom! '90 X Cups' single.