The Trump administration is considering tightening the vetting process for women and children seeking to enter the United States as refugees, a proposal that if adopted would bring security checks closer to those for adult men, three sources with knowledge of the plan told Reuters.

People traveling between Buldon, Maguindanao and Pigcwayan in Cotabato province are risking their lives because they have been forced to cross the damaged overflow bridge in Barangay Dinganen on foot.

North Korea has sent a letter to Australia’s parliament, warning it is a nuclear power and will not be cowed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to destroy it, according to a copy of the letter published in an Australian newspaper on Friday.

The state weather bureau warned of possible “serious” flooding and landslides on Friday, October 20, as rainy weather persists due to typhoon “Paolo” (international name: Lan) and the low pressure area off Palawan.

Patients may have better survival odds with female surgeons than with male surgeons, a recent Canadian study suggests.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev are coming to Manila to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Meetings next month.

Roby Alampay, editor in chief of InterAksyon and BusinessWorld, will join seven other distinguished alumni of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UPCMC) who will be honored during the 1st Glory Awards ceremony on November 11, 2017 at the UP Bahay ng Alumni, DIliman Quezon City.

MANILA, Philippines - As Congress makes moves to overhaul the Constitution, a lawmaker has a filed a bill proposing to include the study of...

The peso fell to its 11-year low against the US dollar on Thursday while the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) bounced back after ending its three-day rally to a record-high a day ago.

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company (Metrobank) has entered into an agreement with its joint-venture partner ANZ Funds Pty. Ltd. (ANZ) to increase its stake in Metrobank Card Corporation (MCC) up to 100%, a company announcement said.

Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu confirmed on Thursday that the Payatas garbage dump in Quezon City has been ordered closed. Henceforth,...

The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) has identified issues encompassing a number of sectors including agriculture, energy and power that it wants the government to resolve through a list of initiatives that range from investment promotion to the passage of key legislative measures.

At a quaint commune in Lianga, province of Surigao del Sur, one finds DAVISOL, short for Divine Arc Victory Instituted in Sion Omnipotent in...

The Philippines balance of payment (BOP) position reversed to a surplus in September 2017 after staying in deficit since last May.

The semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq welcomed on Thursday a call by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi for talks to resolve a crisis triggered by a Kurdish referendum on independence last month.