WASHINGTON — The following is a transcript of President Donald Trump’s speech on US airstrikes on Iran on Saturday, as transcribed by The Associated Press: A short time ago, the US military carried out massive, precision strikes on the three key nuclea...

TEHRAN, Iran — Ever since Israel started the war with its surprise bombardment of Iran’s military and nuclear sites on June 13, Iranian officials from the supreme leader on down have warned the United States to stay out, saying it would have dire conse...

Big business groups last week praised lawmakers for passing three key economic reform measures aimed at boosting investments, improving transparency in government transactions, and speeding up key infrastructure projects. The Makati Business Club (MBC)...

In my column on March 24, I wrote that the pivotal issue in the case against former president Rodrigo R. Duterte in the International Criminal Court in The Hague is whether the ICC has acquired jurisdiction, given that (1) under the ICC Statute, the Of...

MANILA, Philippines — Local human rights groups have urged the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur to conduct an urgent inquiry into what they call the “intensifying weaponization of counterterrorism laws” and the ongoing “systemic abuse” in the cou...

I bring this concern to everyone’s attention because of the many others that may be happening but go unnoticed, or worse, dismissed. While we may be more familiar with seeing and hearing about the maltreatment of children, how many have heard of horrif...

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment proceedings will continue even if her defense team failed to submit its response on time to the impeachment court, retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said on Sunday. Th...

MANILA, Philippines — The second placer in local elections cannot be proclaimed winner in lieu of the disqualified first placer, the Supreme Court has ruled, abandoning an earlier doctrine that it said had no legal basis. A legal expert sought for comm...

When the senior high school (SHS) program was first legislated, many of us in the education sector knew it would be challenging to implement. But like most educators, my team in Mano Amiga and I believed in its vision of equipping students with enhance...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) logged 123,291 cases of dengue nationwide from Jan. 1 to June 7, but said the situation is “manageable” so far. READ: DOH warns of big dengue outbreak this year The DOH said an increase in the number...