National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) chief Jaime Santiago explained Friday how they concluded the matching of fingerprints of Alice Guo and Guo Hua Ping through dactyloscopy, the science of fingerprint identification.

Despite her acquittal from all the drug charges against her, former senator Leila de Lima said yesterday that the justice system did not work for all the perpetrators and victims of the drug war of former president Rodrigo Duterte.

Despite the end of the El Niño phenomenon, 43 provinces may still experience below normal rainfall conditions in July, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.

The chair of the House committee on labor and employment yesterday expressed belief that the goal to create three million jobs before the term of President Marcos ends in 2028 is achievable.

The Jollibee group of companies on Saturday reported to the National Privacy Commission a possible breach of their data affecting 11 million "data subjects," mostly customers.

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...

Former Sen. Leila de Lima has been cleared of her last remaining drug charge after the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 206 on Monday granted her motion for demurrer to evidence. 

Authorities called on the public to participate in the national simultaneous earthquake drill to be held on Friday (June 28) at 2 p.m. as part of the government's efforts to prepare for the "Big One." 

In the agency’s latest weather bulletin, partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms are expected nationwide.

An increase in pump prices should be expected by motorists in the last week of June.

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."

More Filipinos are refusing to board foreign vessels passing through the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, according to the Department of Migrant Workers.

Sen. Ronald dela Rosa has no intention of resigning as a member of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino as he and fellow Sen. Bong Go have “nowhere else to go.”

Expelled Negros Oriental congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr. has been released from house arrest in Timor-Leste, the Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed yesterday. 

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday signed into law a measure that creates the new Negros Island Region.

The Philippine Anti-Organized Crime Commission is investigating a potential internal leak following a recent "compromised" raid on the sprawling Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator compound in Porac, Pampanga. 

"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...

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.

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.

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...