Kit Harington and Rose Leslie announced their engagement in Britain’s Times newspaper on Wednesday.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano’s presentation at the UN General Assembly last week, coupled with the Philippines’ rejection of recommendations at the UN Human Rights Council, “raises the risk that the death toll will likely continue to rise for the foreseeable future” as the government pursues its aggressive “war on drugs.”

Suicide bombers and militants firing mortars attacked Kabul’s airport during a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday, prompting a U.S. air strike that accidentally killed civilians, officials said.

Senators, who said a copy of a Senate resolution calling on the government to stop killing minors did not reach their offices, on Wednesday complained about a blog that called them “Malacañang dogs” for not signing the said document.

The government has scrambled to assure the European Union (EU) — which has criticized the human rights record of President Rodrigo R. Duterte — of the Philippines’ fitness to keep trade privileges it bagged more than two years ago as the bloc prepares to release its second biennial report on this matter in early 2018, according to a statement Wednesday of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

In line with their mutually approved “Fast and Sure” principle, top Philippine and Japanese officials meeting in Tokyo have agreed to further streamline their respective approval processes and introduce new measures to put in the fast lane the implementation of big-ticket infrastructure projects presented by Manila to Tokyo for possible financing.

The Philippines’ main stock index ended its three-day slide Wednesday and the peso remained firm after it finished the day at 51-level to a greenback even with continued risk aversion.

Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua has given assurances that China will not protect nationals who are involved in illegal activities in the Philippines, including drug trafficking. He said, however, his country has no information about Chinese syndicates or drug rings operating here.

The Philippines' dismal human rights record does not just affect the lives of victims and their families, but also the livelihood of thousands of people whose work relates to Philippine products that enjoy greatly reduced or zero tariffs when exported to the European Union.

Because the SALN "is an instrument of transparency," the document should not be shaded to hide information about the wealth and possessions of public servants, an official of the Civil Service Commission said Wednesday.

Meralco has denied allegations that it had so-called midnight deals with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), a matter that the House of Representatives is now investigating.

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana remained upbeat on Wednesday that the military can finish the Marawi crisis by the end of the month, but said this would not automatically mean the lifting of the martial law in Mindanao.

With thousands of new detainees on drug-related cases having been crammed the past several months into jails, the food budget of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) could run out by mid-October, leaving authorities scrambling for resources for the last six weeks of the year.

Rep. Gary Alejano on Wednesday said overall Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Carandang's statement regarding the bank transactions of President Duterte had bolstered his earlier claim that the chief executive had billions of pesos of hidden wealth in his bank accounts.

For Barangay Ginebra coach Tim Cone, beating the San Miguel Beermen was like winning a championship. After ending the Beermen's Grand Slam aspirations on Wednesday...