The United States on Wednesday called the Myanmar military operation against the Rohingya population “ethnic cleansing” and threatened targeted sanctions against those responsible for what it called “horrendous atrocities.”

(UPDATE - 11:10 a.m., November 23, 2017) 'Gaguhan na talaga!' Senator Francis Pangilinan remarked on Facebook, in reaction to the DOJ's dismissal of drug smuggling charges against former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and 11 other BOC officials in P6.4 billion shabu shipment caper.

A UN tribunal on Wednesday convicted former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic of genocide and crimes against humanity for orchestrating massacres and ethnic cleansing during Bosnia’s war and sentenced him to life in prison.

Starting 2018, workers with a take-home pay of less than P250,000 annually will be exempted from payment of income tax. This, after Senate ways and means committee chief Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara accepted an amendment raising the exemption ceiling from P150,000 to P250,000.

MANILA - The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday dismissed the criminal charges filed against former Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and...

(UPDATE - 8:44 p.m.) TOKYO - A U.S. Navy transport plane carrying 11 people crashed in the Philippine Sea south of Japan on Wednesday...

The spokespersons of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno in the impeachment case filed against her by lawyer Lorenzo Gadon have stressed that the burden of proof rests with the complainant and not on the respondent. The statement was echoed by Quezon City 6th District Kit Belmonte as the House Committee on Justice ended its first hearing for determination of probable cause on Wednesday.

A Department of Justice Panel of Prosecutors on Wednesday sued before the Regional Trial Court of Valenzuela City an array of respondents for the...

No.1 seed Ateneo Blue Eagles forged a rematch against bitter rival De La Salle Green Archers after booking the last UAAP Season 80 finals...

A coalition of Southeast Asian press freedom advocates has called on the Senate not to pass a bill seeking to criminalize fake news, calling the measure “potentially unconstitutional,” and inconsistent with the country’s international treaty obligations.

In a bid to attract more investments into the capital market, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will double the minimum public float requirement for companies planning to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) to 20 percent starting next month.

Lawmakers zeroed in on the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth (SALN) of Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and vowed to scrutinize where the over P30 million she earned as government counsel went.

Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno's accuser in the impeachment complaint against her came under fire Wednesday after failing to provide a key document backing one allegation, and then citing a newspaper reporter as his "friend" and source to bolster his claim on the existence of such document -- only to have the supposed source of the source, Associate Justice Teresita De Castro, denying she ever released any information or document.

MANILA - Even as the National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) said justice remains elusive in the case of the November 23,...

Regular briefing papers submitted to him by his defense aides during the five-month siege of Marawi by ISIS-inspired local terrorists caused him pain each time he read of soldiers dying, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte admitted while gracing an exhibit on the soldiers' heroism.