"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...

Three Filipinos were injured in a fire that hit a six-storey building in south of Kuwait City, which houses nearly 200 foreign workers, the Department of Migrant Workers said Thursday.

Fishers’ group New Masinloc Fishermen Association said the bullying by the Chinese Coast Guard has intensified after China banned fishing activities in areas in the WPS that include the Philippines territory.

National Intelligence Coordinating Agency director Ricardo de Leon said that his agency is also validating all information, including the angle that Philippine offshore gaming operators may have been China’s “Trojan horse” – referring to Greek mytholog...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised on June 3 the status of Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island to Alert Level 2 due to "increasing unrest."

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla yesterday urged expelled Negros Oriental congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr. to quit dilly dallying and return home to face charges against him in Philippine courts.

President Marcos has appointed new envoys, including the wife of Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro.?

Importation of poultry products from Michigan has been temporarily banned amid the outbreak of bird flu.

The release of 2022 and 2023 performance-based bonuses for government employees will push through, the Department of Budget and Management clarified on Wednesday.

Ecumenical youth group Student Christian Movement of the Philippines scoffed at former president Rodrigo Duterte’s condemnation of the Philippine National Police’s serving of arrest warrant against controversial preacher Apollo Quiboloy.

“While the times may be different our struggles remain the same. Still we continue to witness the true spirit of freedom in every Filipino who fights fairly in their day-to-day lives.”

Instead of covering up for his friend, former president Rodrigo Duterte should help government authorities track down Apollo Quiboloy, who is the subject of warrants of arrest from the court and the Senate, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said on Tuesday.

Aside from the prospect of Northern Luzon getting embroiled in a potential armed confrontation between China and Taiwan, the Philippines also has to deal with another source of tension at sea – Beijing’s possible enforcement beginning June 15 of a “mar...

A low-pressure area spotted between the Visayas and Mindanao has dissipated, but the easterlies will continue to affect parts of the country today, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.

Over 60 Philippine higher education institutions were named among the 300 most innovative schools in the world in the 2024 World University Rankings for Innovation, the Commission on Higher Education said on Monday.

President Marcos yesterday approved the expansion of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program to include pregnant and lactating women.

India is seeing enhanced cooperation with the Philippines in defense equipment supply, according to Delhi’s ministry of external affairs.

The Department of Budget and Management will conclude a study by the end of the month on a possible salary increase for government workers.

Controversial preacher Apollo Quiboloy evaded arrest on Monday after armed police personnel stormed the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound in Barangay Buhangin, Davao City and did not find him there.

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

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) said that the public should not question legitimate Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) as they are monitored by the government and legally contribute their income.

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...

Different parts of the country can expect a damp Monday as the state weather bureau said that the southwest monsoon (habagat) and the easterlies will bring scattered rain showers and thunderstorms within the day. 

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised on June 3 the status of Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island to Alert Level 2 due to "increasing unrest."

Various farmers’ groups on Sunday demanded the immediate resignation of Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan after the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board approved the lower tariff on imported rice from 35 percent to ...

The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a measure that will finally amend a 65-year-old law prohibiting foreign medical students who studied in the country from practicing the profession in their home country.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) yesterday reported an elevated volcanic sulfur dioxide (SO2) gas emission from the summit crater of Kanlaon Volcano after it averaged 4,397 tons per day.

President Marcos has appointed career diplomat Raymond Balatbat as the new Philippine ambassador to Saudi Arabia, an official of the House of Representatives said.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. rejected a proposal to equip Philippine ships patrolling the West Philippine Sea with water cannons in response to China's aggressive actions against the country's vessels.

Citing data from the Office of the Court Administrator, the SC said that case disposition rate of lower courts have increased in 2023.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has agreed to tag as urgent proposed changes to the controversial Rice Tarrification Law (RTL) that would allow the National Food Authority to sell cheap rice in the markets again. 

In the latest heat index bulletin of PAGASA, it said that 30 areas in the country will be under the “danger” classification, with temperatures ranging from 42°C to 47°C.

Fishers and environmentalists on Monday filed a complaint against the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources over reclamation and dredging projects in Manila Bay.

Some local government units and schools in the country have suspended their face-to-face classes due to the threat of scorching heat.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) maintained the Philippines has not made any deals with China concerning the Ayungin Shoal after Beijing claimed that Manila had agreed on a "new model" for handling their territorial dispute.

Senate Deputy Majority Leader Joseph Victor Ejercito yesterday expressed elation over the long-overdue release of retirement pay for a total of 145 former employees of the government-run television network Intercontinental Broadcasting Corp. or IBC-13.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) should come up with more granular and location-specific heat indexes to guide schools and local government units to remove the “arbitrariness” in class suspension...

Former Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) chair Greco Belgica supports the proposal of Sen. Robinhood Padilla to amend the 1987 Constitution through a constitutional convention (con-con).