MANILA—The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will be incorporating bike and pedestrian lanes in the construction of the 10.7-km Laguna Lake Highway, which formerly...
MANILA—Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Thursday denied allegations of Sen. Leila de Lima that he gave some inmates detained in Camp Aguinaldo “special privileges” to...
MANILA—After failing to face the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee for the third time, Sen. Leila de Lima on Thursday moved to cite retired Police Senior Supt....
WASHINGTON—Guantanamo Bay detainee Mujahid Khalid Shaikh Mohammad said in a letter to former US President Barack Obama that the actions undertaken by the United States led...
NANNING—More than 1,600 pieces of crocodile skins and 500 kilograms of what appears to be crocodile meat were seized in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,...
TORONTO—An extraordinary 11th-hour government attempt to stop a judge from ruling on a bitter eight-year legal fight over the so-called ’60s Scoop is under fire from...
MANILA—To improve police crime-fighting capabilities and discipline, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Thursday proposed to have ‘Balikatan’-type (Shoulder-to-Shoulder) military exercises for the Philippine National Police...
QUEBEC—The federal response to Bombardier’s request for financial assistance is yet another sign of Ottawa giving short shrift to Quebec, Parti Quebecois Leader Jean—Francois Lisee said...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—Gay men in New Zealand who were convicted of homosexuality more than three decades ago when it was considered a crime will soon be...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—The Indonesian military says it has accepted an apology from Australia’s army chief over a purported insult to Indonesia’s state ideology that caused a spat...