DAVAO CITY—President Rodrigo Duterte congratulated daughter Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and her husband Manases on the birth of his newest grandson, Stonefish. “The President is delighted with...
According to Steven Kraus, director of the United Nations HIV/AIDS agency for Asia and the Pacific, the Philippines has the fastest-growing HIV rate in Asia,...
In an attempt to create more efficient measures for informal settlers, the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development had approved a bill directing local government...
MANILA—Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III has filed a bill seeking to declare January 23 as a special working holiday in commemoration of the First Philippine Republic...
ANILA—The government’s all-out offensive against the Abu Sayyaf terrorists hiding in the jungles of Sulu and Basilan is being boosted with the deployment for the first...
MANILA, Philippines –A human rights watchdog on Thursday accused the police in the Philippines of falsifying evidence to justify unlawful killings in the government’s war on...
A network of organizations seeking to protect children in conflict urged U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday to add 11 parties to the blacklist of countries...
MANILA –The House of Representatives on Wednesday night approved on second reading the contentious measure restoring the death penalty. During Wednesday’s plenary session presided over by...
Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III defended the reshuffling of the Senate where Liberal Party senators were expelled from key positions. During Monday’s plenary session, the motion...
For her second attempt, this time with the Supreme Court, Senator Leila De Lima has been denied a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO). According to the...