The House of Representatives was briefed behind closed doors by members of the executive branch, including security officials, on the factual and legal bases for Proclamation 216, through which President Rodrigo Duterte placed the whole of Mindanao under martial law.

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The mining industry says the impact of martial law in Mindanao will be short-lived, and business could even pick up if the island's peace and order problems are resolved.

Miley Cyrus, Pharrell Williams, Usher and Coldplay will also perform in the benefit show on Sunday.

Authorities have identified 33 alleged extremists slain in clashes against government forces in Marawi and eight of them are foreigners: two Saudi brothers, a Chechen, a Yemeni, an Indian, two Malaysians and an Indonesian.

French NGO Cameleon celebrates 20th anniversary with circus show at SM Mall of Asia.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) opened Wednesday, May 31, 2017 two additional lanes on the southbound direction of Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City.

The Fil-Am sensation won the coveted role two months after Angel Locsin dropped out of the project for good.

Democracy and political legitimacy are increasingly under threat from attacks by politicians like US President Donald Trump on "fake news" and free speech, former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden told a conference on Tuesday.

WHO on Wednesday (May 31) trotted out the chilling statistics of how smoking ravages people, economies and the environment, and warned that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - a universal call to action to end poverty and create a healthier, more equitable and more sustainable planet, adopted by world leaders in 2015 - are at grave risk of being derailed by high rates of tobacco use.

A British journalist was charged with arms possession on Tuesday after being arrested at a Thai airport with a German colleague for checking in flak jacket plates and gas masks, standard equipment for media heading into war zones and other hostile environments.

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Corporate demand was up Tuesday and helped the greenback but the Philippine peso remained strong unlike the main stocks index, which pulled back due to profit-taking.

China is behaving like a "bully" with its militarization of islands in the South China Sea, Republican U.S. Senator John McCain said on Tuesday, activity Washington must confront with its allies to find a peaceful solution.