Saying parents of Grade 4 pupils and older school children would welcome mandatory drug testing in schools, President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman and chief legal counsel on Thursday expressed support for the proposal that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency's put forward.

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions was fired on Wednesday after unrelenting criticism from President Donald Trump over his recusal from an investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 presidential race.

French bishops announced Wednesday they were setting up an «independent» commission to «shed light on the sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic church since 1950».

Slain National Union of People's Lawyers (NUPL) founding member was a compassionate and dedicated man, said the mother of one his clients.

«And I assure you that if it is indeed something which amounts to corruption or graft, I’ll give you the privilege of slapping that person a dozen times in front of me,» Duterte said, drawing applause from the audience. 

Nakakuha ng CCTV footage ang mga awtoridad na magpapalakas daw sa kasong isinampa nila laban sa isang padre de pamilya na siyang utak umano sa brutal na pagpatay sa kaniyang mag-ina sa Sta Rosa, Laguna noong 2016.

Former President Benigno Aquino III took exception to Senator Panfilo Lacson’s gripe that the rehabilitation of areas ravaged by Typhoon Yolanda in 2013 was hounded by lack of funds.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Wednesday that the rule of law shall cover state security forces, amid an allegation that soldiers and cops are being hired by druglords as hitmen.

Malacañang on Wednesday hit back at critics who blamed the death of human rights lawyer Benjamin Ramos on the Duterte administration.

A stall owner fired his gun at least three times at the Greenhills Shopping Center early Wednesday evening causing several shoppers to run for safety.

Tumakas mula sa Manila Youth Reception Center ang 11 menor de edad na babaeng nasangkot sa pagnanakaw at iligal na droga.

French police on Tuesday arrested five men and a woman, all from the radical far right, suspected of plotting to attack French President Emmanuel Macron, an official close to the investigation said.

China unveiled on Tuesday a replica of its first permanently crewed space station, which would replace the international community's orbiting laboratory and symbolizes the country's major ambitions beyond Earth.

Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Cardinal Quevedo has submitted his resignation upon reaching the mandatory age of retirement, according to a report posted on the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) website.

Hundreds of families in Bocaue, Bulacan are at risk of losing their source of income with President Rodrigo Duterte's order to suspend the issuance of of new licenses and permits for the manufacture, sale and distribution of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday revealed that he had threatened to impose a total deployment ban to the United Arab Emirates if a Filipino domestic helper who was accused of murdering her employer was executed.

Ang librong Digong Dilaw ay iniakda ng National Artist na si Virgilio S. Almario noong 2003. Tampok sa kuwento si Digo, isang batang mahilig sa mga bagay na kulay dilaw, na bigla na lamang nagising isang araw na mayroong kapangyarihang gawing dilaw ang lahat ng bagay.

Inilunsad nitong Martes ng Overseas Welfare Administration (OWWA) ang bagong identification card para sa mga overseas Filipino worker na kapalit ng I-DOLE OFW I.D.

Nadakip sa buy-bust operation ng mga awtoridad sa Trece Martires, Cavite nitong Lunes ang isang babae na nagpakilala raw na naging miyembro noon ng grupong «SexBomb» dancer.

Arestado ang isang lalaking commercial model sa ikinasang drug raid ng NBI Special Action Unit sa isang exclusive subdivision sa Quezon City.

The mandatory random drug testing to be conducted on students in universities, colleges and other higher education institutions next academic year will only set a «dangerous precedent» in the Duterte administration's war on drugs, said Kabataan party-list Representative Sarah Elago.

Bangkay na nang matagpuan na nakasilid sa refrigerator ang isang negosyanteng Filipino-Chinese sa Talisay City, Cebu. Ang suspek sa krimen, tatlong magkakapatid na dating nagtrabaho sa biktima.

In the current pack of candidates dreaming to land a Senate seat, there are credit-grabbers, fake news purveyors and those who do not even have the track record, according to Senator Joel Villanueva.

Sa GMA News «Unang Balita» nitong Martes, makikita na abot na abot ni AJ Dela Vega Fuentes maski ang mga matataas na nota ng mga kanta.

Malacañang on Tuesday rejected the call of New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) for the Philippine government to create an «independent commission» to investigate reports that police officers are «hitmen» for drug syndicates.

The Philippines and South Korea pledged in talks on Tuesday to bolster political, economic and defense cooperation as both Asian nations prepare to commemorate the 70th anniversary of their bilateral ties next year.

The United States told the UN Human Rights Council on Monday that it condemned the «premeditated killing» of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and said a thorough and transparent investigation was essential.

Minsan nang naitampok sa programang «Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho,»  ang isang lumang barya na nagkakahalaga ng mahigit isang milyong piso. Kamakailan lang dumagsa ang ilang netizens na nagsasabing mayroon din silang lumang pera at umaasang baka may kapalit na rin itong malaking halaga.

Agaw-pansin sa Naga, Camarines Sur, ang isang pambihirang puno ng saging na kasing taas na ng tao ang habang ng bunga at sumasayad na sa lupa ang puso.

PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde revealed that aside from the 21 persons who were killed, 981 drug suspects were arrested, while two other drug suspects were wounded in various operations nationwide from November 1 to 4.

The Philippine government will only lodge a diplomatic protest with China if proven that Beijing has opened three weather observation stations on its artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea, Malacañang said Monday.  

A Trece Martires, Cavite mayoral candidate has denied a political rival's insinuation that she was "forewarned' of the ambush attack that killed her husband, the late city vice mayor Alexander Lubigan.

Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) expects to have won only seven of 13 seats up for grabs in by-elections, a spokesman said on Sunday, conceding that Myanmar's ruling party needed to do more for voters from ethnic minorities.

A shallow 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Monday, the US Geological Survey said.

While it promised that relevant resource persons from the executive branch would attend Senate hearings on the government's «Build, Build, Build» infrastructure projects, Malacañang Palace also hoped that the legislative's investigation into the program was truly «in aid of legislation and not for political grandstanding purposes.»