MANILA — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has announced that eligible local government units (LGUs) may now access PHP5-million fund each for...
MANILA, Philippines—A Malaysian militant who helped lead and finance the siege of a southern Philippine city is believed to have been killed as the local jihadis...
MANILA — A progressive lawmaker on Friday expressed some reservations about a newly proposed bill seeking to penalize the “malicious distribution” of false news. In a...
MANILA — Malacañang on Thursday said the phone call between President Rodrigo Duterte and Indonesian President Joko Widodo reaffirmed their commitment to fight the rising threat...
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia agreed Thursday to closely co-operate to halt the flow of militants, weapons, funds and extremist propaganda across their borders, as...
MANILA — Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Thursday said the Court of Appeals (CA) Special Fourth Division has overstepped its bounds and encroached the legislative powers of...
KIDAPAWAN, Philippines—Muslim rebels fled after freeing dozens of hostages from a school in a southern Philippine village on Wednesday and were being pursued by army troops,...
Among the seven U.S. Navy sailors who died in the Saturday collision between the USS Fitzgerald and a Philippine-flagged container ship off Japan were an Ohio...
TARAKAN, Indonesia—Southeast Asian neighbours Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines launched co-ordinated maritime patrols on Monday to intensify their fight against Islamic militants who have laid siege...
WASHINGTON—Southeast Asia’s jihadis who fought by the hundreds for the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria now have a different battle closer to home in...