“I was shattered at what I had to do. It felt like I was taking off who I am as a person.”

A predecessor of President Rodrigo Duterte urged people to trust and support him on placing Mindanao under martial law.

“Gusto kong malungkot. Gusto kong mag-iiyak sa tabi. Kaya lang hindi ko magawa kasi para saan 'di ba? Walang ibang kikilos kundi ako lang (I want to be sad. I want to weep. But I can't do it because what good will it do? No one else will act except for me).”

(UPDATED 8:00 p.m.) The Philippines and U.S. navies completed a coordinated patrol in the Sulu Sea on Saturday, the U.S. embassy in Manila said.

The 12 films will be shown in 700 theaters nationwide from August 16 to 22 as part of the Buwan ng Wika celebration.

An Iraqi zoo showed off a rare white lion cub to mark the animal's first birthday this week, as officials revealed that they hoped to welcome another of the rare big cats in the coming weeks.

Philippine National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa stood by anti-narcotics officers and rejected a Reuters investigation that pointed to a pattern of police sending corpses of drug suspects to hospitals to destroy crime scene evidence and hide executions.

It is unclear how the accord affects McCartney's copyright claims on songs by the Beatles.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck just off the coast of central Ecuador on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, though the government said damage was limited.

A former employee of a New York City hospital opened fire with an assault rifle inside the building on Friday, killing one doctor and wounding six other people before fatally shooting himself in a burst of violence that appeared to be workplace related, officials said.

Filipino high school students bagged two silvers and two bronze medals at the 21st Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad held June 24-29 in Varna City, Bulgaria.

President Rodrigo Duterte is wont to crack jokes about the grades he got while still a kid in school, about his "pasang awa" ratings,...

As July rolls in, the customary lean season for rice production sets in, but the status of buffer stocks at the warehouses of the...

Starting July 1, Philippine-made travel goods such as bags and wallets, can enter the United States market with zero tariff. This, after the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) approved the Philippine government’s petition to expand the US Generalized System of Preferences (US-GSP) program.

The Duterte administration has a vision to land the country on the top 20 of the global ease of doing business rankings in less than three years. Here's the problem: the Philippines is currently ranked 99. DTI Sec. Ramon Lopez, however, thinks it's possible to leapfrog.