The Hong Kong government has rejected the petition for asylum of a Filipino woman who was among four people who first helped shelter US whistleblower Edward Snowden, said a BBC report Monday. The asylum bids of the three others were similarly rejected, in a move that one lawyer called "unreasonable."

Following a massive cyber attack that has swept across dozens of countries around the world recently, the president of the US technology giant Microsoft, Brad Smith, called on the governments, tech sector and customers to join forces in boosting global cyber security.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently ordered pharmaceutical company Sanofi and drugstore chain Watsons Personal Care Stores to stop their immunization activities in Watsons stores, saying it had not authorized them to conduct these.

The Department of Information and Communications Technology on Monday weighed in to confirm that a worldwide ransomware attack is currently in progress, as the DOJ today ordered the NBI as well as the Cybercrime Division of the DOJ to intensify cyber security measures .

The Senate approved on third and final reading on Monday a bill imposing higher penalties on hospitals or clinics that refuse to administer treatment to emergency patients. While increasing five times the penalty for hospitals refusing basic emergency case, the bill allows them to be reimbursed by the national health insurance body, with the balance that is not shouldered by Philhealth to be made tax-deductible.

The former lawyer of Janet Lim Napoles went to the Department of Justice on Monday but this time, it was not on behalf of the pork barrel scam queen: he went there with a woman whom Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV had claimed would link President Duterte to the Davao Death Squad.

Asian governments and businesses reported some disruptions from the WannaCry ransomware worm on Monday but cybersecurity experts warned of a wider impact as more employees turned on their computers and checked e-mails.

Former senator Jinggoy Estrada has asked the anti-graft court to allow him to undergo medical treatment at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan, Metro Manila.

China and Vietnam will manage and properly control their maritime disputes, avoiding actions to complicate or widen them, so as to maintain peace in the South China Sea, the two nations said in a joint communique China released on Monday.

Two brothers suspected of using illegal drugs were shot while asleep by unknown assailants in Tondo, Manila on Monday, May 15.

The police chief of Albuera town in Leyte when Mayor Rolando Espinosa was shot dead inside prison is in hot water because of a viral video that allegedly showed him hitting a drug suspect.

The Philippine national youth basketball team thumped Indonesia, 96-73, to register its second straight win in the SEABA Under-16 Championship on Monday at SMART-Araneta...

The impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte, the first filed against him in less than a year in office, is dead.

Draymond Green turned a layup into a three-point play with 1:15 to go to break a tie and lift the Golden State Warriors to...

Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter recently visited the Philippines to launch his charitable foundation which aims to help poor children. Kanter interacted with underprivileged...