(UPDATED - 8:21 a.m.) More than 40 countries aired “grave concerns about thousands of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines’ ‘war on drugs’” notwithstanding Senator Alan Peter Cayetano’s attempt to shrug off the deaths as “alternative facts.”

Communist rebels said they conducted a “punitive action” against a “destructive” mining operation in Mati City, Davao Oriental over the weekend, destroying heavy equipment and vehicles and seizing weapons and ammunition.

More than 200 migrants are feared to have died in the Mediterranean over the weekend, according to testimony from survivors, and several bodies, including that of an infant, have washed up on a Libyan beach.

MANILA -Looking to raise more funds to pay depositors and creditors, the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) will bid out more than a hundred...

Casual dining operator Max’s Group is looking at opening 60-70 stores this year while scouting for additional expansion opportunities overseas.

GENEVA - There has been no new wave of killings prompted by the Philippines' war on drugs, and reports to the contrary are "alternative...

MANILA - Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday clarified his negative vote on the appointment of Regina Lopez as secretary of the Department of Environment...

President Rodrigo Duterte kept his "excellent" trust rating for a fourth consecutive quarter in a Social Weather Stations (SWS) opinion poll, with four-fifths of...

A taxi cab driver, who shall be known for now as "Jojo", turned over a huge stash of cash and packets of shabu (pulverized...

Amazon.com Inc is dominating the nascent market for voice-controlled speakers, research firm eMarketer said.

Davao Representative Antonio “Tonyboy” Floirendo Jr., who has been involved in a full-blown spat in past months with erstwhile friend and political ally House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, has been removed as a member of the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA), it was announced in plenary Monday.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday named Nestor Espenilla as the incoming Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, according to an announcement made by...

Several countries from Europe, Africa and Latin America on Monday urged the Philippine government to grant access to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings, with some specifying that it attach "no conditions" to this, as the country's record was subjected to periodic review before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Among the first batch of human rights claimants who will receive compensation under the Duterte administration are activists during the Marcos regime, who continue campaigning for political and social change in the country.

It takes Romeo Sarco 36 hours to travel eastward by motorized boat from Infanta, Quezon, where he is based, to Benham Rise, where he...