MANILA—A leader of the House of Representatives on Friday backed the decision of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Gina Lopez to shut down...
The House committee on the welfare of children this week approved a bill which seeks to ban the practice of corporal punishment, preferring instead the method...
MANILA—The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) strongly condemned the New People’s Army (NPA) killing of six unarmed soldiers, saying such brutalities are prohibited by international...
MANILA, Philippines—A Korean mafia operating in the Philippines may be behind the kidnapping and killing of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief...
DAVAO CITY—President Rodrigo Duterte bared on Thursday, February 2, a plan to establish a central water agency in the country. Duterte broached the idea as he...
MANILA—The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has pledged to extend assistance to the families of the victims of the fire that razed the House...
MANILA—An official of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said the hold departure order (HDO) issued by the Sandiganbayan against former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan...
MANILA—Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III has recalled the labor attaché in Kuwait for negligence and lack of concern for the welfare of Filipino workers in...
MANILA—Sen. Grace Poe on Friday filed a measure that seeks to grant poor children aged zero to 12 years-old or ‘junior citizens’ a 20 percent discount...
MANILA—Sen. Leila de Lima on Friday expressed support to the plan of Sen. Francis Escudero to file a resolution to probe the report of human rights...