SHANGHAI—President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s economic managers are set to present to foreign businessmen the Philippines’ economic and social development blueprint in a forum dubbed as “Dutertenomics”,...
MANILA—President Rodrigo Duterte has designated former House of Representatives speaker Jose de Venecia as special envoy for inter-cultural dialogue. Acting Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesman,...
MOSCOW—Social media giant Facebook, which has over 30 million users in the UK, is to step up security and crack down on unauthenticated accounts to prevent...
MANILA—The Sandiganbayan has ordered a 90-day suspension pendente lite on Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Undersecretary for Operations Mario Relampagos for his alleged involvement in...
MANILA—Members of the clergy said the Court of Appeals’ (CA) decision to acquit Janet Lim Napoles, the alleged brains behind the PHP10-billion priority development assistance fund...
WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama is starting to define his new role in the age of Donald Trump. After dropping out of sight for a...
EDMONTON — Members of an indigenous community in central Alberta are angry that strangers are using social media to attack the mother of a toddler who...
BEIJING — A city government in China says 12 people have been killed and one badly injured in a road accident in eastern China. The Weihai...
TOKYO—An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck off the coast of Miyakejima island in Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Tuesday, the weather agency...
MANILA—A senator on Tuesday said he will be filing a resolution seeking to review the current secret voting system of the Commission on Appointments (CA) noting...