As the Parojinogs were laid to rest on Wednesday, their relatives claimed that the truth was also buried with them because the stories and scenarios allegedly concocted by the police led by Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido to justify the killings prevailed.

"We have conducted 'one-time, big-time' operations in the past, so far, the number of casualties and deaths, this is the highest," Bulacan police chief Romeo Caramat told a news conference.

The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday rejected Wednesday with finality the nomination of Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo, but the bicameral body refused to name the lawmakers who voted to reject her or their reasons, citing strict confidentiality rules.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said Wednesday the government is still confirming the presence of Chinese Navy and Coast Guard vessels north of Pagasa Island in the Spratlys Archipelago, but said that this should not be a cause for alarm.

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said resignation is an option for Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista who has been publicly accused by his wife of corruption, but stressed that quitting his post would not exculpate him from possible charges.

The number of suspected drug dealers killed by Indonesian police has more than tripled so far this year from the whole of 2016, activists said on Wednesday, raising concerns the country may be headed towards a bloody Philippines-style war on narcotics.

In an impromptu press conference called after the bicameral Commission on Appointments rejected with finality her nomination, Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo listed what might have earned her the negative votes in Wednesday's CA meeting.

About 100 Army troopers have been deployed for a different kind of war to bird-flu laden communities in San Luis town. Their mission: Annihilate fowl within the 100-kilometer radius quarantine areas.

A Chinese-funded electric-car startup Future Mobility Corp, led by former BMW and Nissan Motor Co sales executive as president and co-founder, has raised $200 million in its latest round of financing.

The Commission on Appointments voted with finality to reject the confirmation of DSWD Secretary Judy Taguiwalo. One of those who deeply regretted the CA vote was Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto. Here is the speech Recto was scheduled to deliver if the confirmation hearings on Secretary Judy Taguiwalo had advanced to CA plenary for voting.

It’s an idea that’s been bandied about since the last administration: If government officials had to endure the daily agony of Metro Manila’s commuters, they might do everything to solve the National Capital Region’s nightmare traffic.

At least 284 multi-purpose cooperatives in Central Luzon have been delisted by the regional office of the Cooperative Development Authority for various violations.

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines threw its support behind broadcaster Ted Failon and members of his staff who have been sued for libel by now presidential political adviser Francis Tolentino as it renewed its call for Congress to decriminalize defamation.

Jessica Jones, Daredevil, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage team up to defend New York City.

Americans' debt level notched another record high in the second quarter, after having earlier in the year surpassed its pre-crisis peak, on the back of modest rises in mortgage, auto and credit card debt, where delinquencies jumped.