Today's headlines: Zamboanga abduction, Tony Yang, Kamala Harris & Donald Trump

PRESS RELEASE: The Professional Regulation Commission announces that 592 out of 1,088 passed the Chemists Licensure Examination and 2,110 out of 2,711 passed the Chemical Technicians Licensure Examination

Advocates say Francis has taken the issue of women clergy off the table at the synod by asking the Vatican's typically conservative doctrinal office to take over study of whether women can be ordained as deacons

The cancellation of voyages will affect travelers attending two big events — the 80th commemoration of the Battle of Surigao Strait in Surigao City on October 25, and the Siargao International Surfing Cup on October 26

Declining the House quad committee invitation for its October 22 hearing, Duterte, through his lawyer, says he is 'currently not feeling well and is in need of much rest'

'I am a great believer of public consultation. So I really believe in the power of the people and they have the right to be heard and they have the right to hear about want you want to say,' says Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte

17 Abu Sayyaf members are sentenced to reclusion perpetua for each of the 21 counts of kidnapping and illegal detention

The strike, in which many more were wounded, occurred in the city of Deir Al-Balah where a million displaced people have taken shelter

Today's headlines: POGOs, Hurricane Milton, Julie Anne San Jose

The United Kingdom Royal Navy ship HMS Prince of Wales is set to participate in Exercise Strike Warrior, a military exercise to be held from October 14 to 27

Police find computer sets, smartphones, and multiple routers at the resort, and suspect those were used in scamming operations

'It is regrettable that the overall situation in the South China Sea remains tense and unchanged. We continue to be subjected to harassment and intimidation,' President Marcos tells ASEAN leaders

(1st UPDATE) The Tampa Bay area appears to have escaped the deadly surge of seawater that had prompted the most dire warnings

(1st UPDATE) South Korean author Han Kang is recognized 'for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life'

Here's a look back on GCash's 20 years of transforming financial inclusion for Filipinos

Ready to visit a new Poblacion joint?

Does Indonesia want something in exchange? A prisoner swap, perhaps?

The fire, Britain's deadliest blaze in a residential building since World War Two, ripped through the 23-story social housing block in one of London's richest areas during the early hours of June 14, 2017

Today's headlines: Alice Guo, Marcos & Duterte, Filipino paralympians

Corrections official Gerardo Padilla is referring to the 2016 killing of three Chinese drug lords in Davao, a case that has numerous resource persons in the congressional probe implicating Rodrigo Duterte

Pope Francis visits Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Singapore from September 3 to 13, the longest trip of his pontificate

A total of six ministers, including Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, submits their resignation, with parliament accepting the resignations of four

Pope Francis refuses a luxury vehicle and requests ‘an ordinary, commonly used car’ in Indonesia

They are just nine of the total 73 Filipinos rescued from Laos where they were forced to work in a scam syndicate, according to the Department of Migrant Workers

'I am Roman Catholic, but through FamilySearch, I find in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints one of the most indispensable treasures from other religions'

The United States has put forward bridging proposals that the mediating countries believe would close gaps between the warring parties

'We have not spoken in two years, but I still support the education of my younger siblings. Nothing more, even if she has dropped hints through my siblings of needing more money.'