MANILA—Units of Joint Task Group Sulu are now keeping a tight watch on their areas-of-jurisdiction after receiving an intelligence report claiming that six Abu Sayyaf Group...
MANILA—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Friday the ban on government officials and personnel engaging in partisan political activities is only for regular state workers....
MANILA—The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is one with secular authorities against sexual abuse by clergy members, a CBCP official said. In a pastoral...
MANILA—The Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that the High Court of Kota Kinabalu delivered its ruling Friday on...
MANILA—Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Friday lashed out at the lawyer of one of the petitioners in the disqualification case against presidential candidate Sen. Grace Poe...
MANILA—A fire at a hotel in Iraq’s Kurdistan region on Friday has killed 17 people, including 14 Filipinos, a Philippine Embassy official said. “We have just...
MANILA—Senator Cynthia Villar expressed hope on Friday that President Benigno Aquino will sign into law the bill declaring large-scale agricultural smuggling as economic sabotage. Senate Bill...
MANILA—The Partido Galing at Puso, the political party of independent presidential candidate Senator Grace Poe and running mate Senator Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero, will kick off the...
MANILA—Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales has ordered the immediate filing of multiple charges for violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019, or the “Anti-Graft and...
MANILA—The Philippines joined on Friday international demand for North Korea to refrain from conducting a rocket launch, calling it a “provocation” and a violation of existing...