Filipinos in Los Angeles have been advised to take precautions and steer clear of "crowd build-ups" amid citywide riots against successive raids by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Vice President Sara Duterte's defense team is prepared to confront the charges against her in an impeachment trial even as they maintain that the process itself is constitutionally flawed.

New Zealand has joined other nations in calling out China's "dangerous" actions in the South China Sea after a Chinese Coast Guard vessel rammed a Philippine ship over the weekend — the latest in a series of confrontations in the tense waterways.

Bautista clarified that the photo of the vice president was not taken from the airport's CCTV (closed-circuit television) footage.

The Philippines plans to file a new diplomatic protest against China after two Chinese aircraft dropped flares in the path of a Philippine Air Force aircraft patrolling Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) last week, an incident that President Ferdina...

Key members of the House of Representatives on Monday scored Vice President Sara Duterte for her continued "silence" on China's incursions in the West Philippine Sea, continuing the lower chamber's spat with Duterte after her open criticism of the Marc...

"It is safe to assume that they have continued their maintenance and expansion little by little. As it is right now it is a fully functional military base with naval and air force capabilities."

A total of 738 public schools from four regions will push back the start of classes from July 29 to a later date due to the impact of Typhoon Carina (international name: Gaemi) and the southwest monsoon, according to the Department of Education.

The Department of Education has formalized the creation of new teaching positions to address bottlenecks in promoting public school teachers, finally implementing an executive order issued in 2022 that introduced the expanded career progression system.

Millions of students across the Philippines lost an estimated quarter’s worth of teaching days last school year mainly due to climate-induced school closures.

We spoke to one special education teacher and one from a mainstream public high school to i...

"If you ask me to describe our relationship with Hong Kong in particular, and China in general, it is resilient. [There are] issues and problems [that we face], but we always find a way to become brothers and sisters again," said Cayetano, who previous...

Here’s what the so-called “demolition job” against Vice Ganda teaches us about two common strategies used to attack a personality.

The call to secede Mindanao triggered not just a flurry of controversy among Filipinos. It also fed a coordinated campaign by Chinese social media users to spread rumors of a supposed civil war in the Philippines caused by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr...

The House of Representatives has introduced a measure identical to the Senate’s that proposes the lifting of economic restrictions in the 1987 Constitution, with House leaders aiming for final approval at least before the president’s third State of the...

The Senate has officially issued a subpoena against controversial preacher and Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder Apollo Quiboloy after his failure to show up to two hearings that aimed to uncover the sexual abuse and forced labor charges against him and ...

A Department of Education director confirmed that starting next school year, schools will be having an earlier class opening as part of the department's gradual revert to the old academic calendar.

Public services meant for marginalized Filipinos may be exploited to capture supporters amid the spat between the Marcoses and the Dutertes, a political science professor said, underscoring how the public ultimately shoulders the cost of warring politi...

House Majority Leader Manuel Dalipe on Monday turned down the Senate’s invitation for House lawmakers to attend its committee hearing on the alleged vote-buying practices of those behind the People’s Initiative campaign, saying that one senator is out...

In a first, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has rebuked former President Rodrigo Duterte for publicly accusing him of taking illegal drugs, saying that the former leader is suffering from his use of the “highly addictive” Fentanyl drug.

"I am requesting and begging and hoping you would understand me as a parent and a mother. Please free our daughter," a copy of the letter provided by migrant workers group Migrante International stated in Filipino.

The public must keep an eye on how the government will spend the unprogrammed appropriations it had “bloated” in the 2024 national budget, a budget expert cautioned on Tuesday, in light of recent proposals allowing the government to tap state firms’ re...

Proclamation No. 425 states that a longer weekend will “encourage families to get together” and “promote domestic tourism.” 

Inflation eased further to 4.1% in November — a slight dip from the 4.9% recorded in October and slower than the 8.8% inflation rate reported in November 2022.  

Television network Sonshine Media Network International could face potential sanctions from the country’s independent broadcasting body for allowing unaccredited hosts not trained in responsible broadcasting to go on air.

During a media briefing, Zubiri said that the discussions on the West Philippine Sea during the three-day event will be “toned down” to come up with a resolution “generally accepted” by all country representatives in attendance.

The House of Representatives has passed on final reading a bill that lays down the legal groundwork for the Marcos administration to start developing a national nuclear infrastructure.

National Museum Director General Jeremy Barnes expressed his support for the measure, admitting that it took him years and several consultations to see the significance of having a separate museum for women.

During the DSWD’s Weekend Report program, the department flagged a list of bogus accounts on Facebook and YouTube that share fake links or false information about the agency’s programs.

The Philippine Coast Guard on Saturday said it detected the largest number of Chinese ships to swarm the vicinity of Ayungin shoal — 38 in total — during its latest resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre.

Sufficient compensation and benefits, “whether monetary or otherwise,” are needed to address the shortage of teachers that could accommodate the growing student population in basic education, Rodriguez said.

A graduating student of the Philippine College of Criminology died on Monday evening from hazing-related injuries he allegedly sustained during the initiation rites of the Tau Gamma Phi fraternity.

The opening of the humanitarian corridor that would allow Filipinos to slip out of Gaza and into Egypt could be "any day now," a Department of Foreign Affairs official said Tuesday.

Journalism professors from the University of the Philippines Diliman launched on Friday a media and information literacy (MIL) channel to address gaps in the way media and information literacy is currently taught in schools. 

A new World Bank report found the Philippines to have one of the most ineffective teaching practices in Southeast Asia, and past teacher training programs have failed to improve mastery of content.

Bayani Fernando, long-time public servant of Marikina City and former chairperson of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, died on Friday. He was 77.

Ombudsman Samuel Martires asked Congress on Monday to strike off budget provisions that require the publication of initial audit findings on agencies’ spending to prevent the public from making premature judgments of possible corruption.

In Senate Bill 2200 or the Basic Education Mental Health and Well-Being Promotion Act, DepEd will have new plantilla positions for “Mental Health Specialists” and “Mental Health Associates." 

There was “no pressure of any kind” that triggered DepEd’s decision to drop the name of the president’s father from “Diktadurang Marcos,” DepEd Director Jocelyn Andaya said.