Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña should be held liable if ever it is proven that  billions of pesos worth of shabu have slipped past the country's ports, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief Aaron Aquino said Thursday.

Allowed to post bail in a non-bailable case in 2015 due to his advanced age and frail condition, former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile is banking on his improved health for his fresh crack at the Senate.

A sports utility vehicle broke through parking wall and rammed at entrance of the elevator bank of a hospital in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig early morning on Wednesday.  

Canada may have legalized recreational marijuana Wednesday, but executives of the country's booming pot industry need to be aware that they are not exactly welcome south of the border in the United States.  

A teenage girl in California allegedly baked her grandfather's ashes into cookies and handed them out to her school friends, local media reported on Wednesday.

Patay ang dalawang hinihinalang miyembro ng estribo gang matapos makaengkwentro ang mga pulis-Quezon City madaling-araw nitong Huwebes.  

A dead infant was found in a grabage dump in the middle of Claro M. Recto Avenue in Manila early Thursday morning, Vonne Aquino rpeorted on Unang Balita.

South Korea's president spoke of «heart-warming» moves towards peace on the Korean peninsula on Wednesday, a day before he is expected to relay an invitation to Pope Francis to visit North Korea.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday paid tribute to the soldiers who lost their lives trying to free Marawi City from the clutches of Islamic State-inspired terrorists last year.

Ayon sa datos ng Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), 92,277 ang bilang ng mga Pilipinong nurse ang lumabas ng bansa para magtrabaho mula 2012-2016.

Patay na at walang saplot sa katawan nang matagpuan sa kaniyang bahay ang isang elementary teacher sa Passi, Iloilo. Ang biktima, nagtamo ng saksak sa katawan at pinalo ng martilyo sa ulo.

At least 17 people were killed and dozens injured at a college in the Black Sea region of Crimea on Wednesday when a student went through the building shooting at fellow pupils before killing himself, Russian law enforcement officials said.

Sugat, pasa at bali sa katawan ang inabot ng isang mag-asawa na nagpapakain ng wild kangaroos sa kanilang lupain sa Darling Downs sa Queensland, Australia nang atakihin sila ng isang kangaroo.

Inaprubahan na ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) ang petisyon ng transport groups na itaas sa P10 mula sa kasalukuyang P8 ang minimum fare sa mga pampasaherong jeepney.

President Rodrigo Duterte has formally appointed Teodoro «Boy» Locsin Jr. and retired Army Lieutenant General Rolando Bautista sa secretaries of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Department of Social Welfare and Development, respectively.

Outgoing Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano suggested Wednesday changing the term years and term limit for elected governors and representatives to give them enough time for long-term planning.

Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile personally refiled his certificate of candidacy (COC) for senator in the 2019 polls on Wednesday to correct what he described as misprints and prove that he remains in the pink of health.  

Former presidential spokesman Harry Roque Jr. on Wednesday vowed to continue defending President Rodrigo Duterte from his critics if he clinches a Senate seat in the 2019 mid-term elections.

Referring to President Rodrigo Duterte as «Batman,» outgoing Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday said he is ready to be the President's «Robin» in Congress.

Senator Sonny Angara on Wednesday filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for his re-election bid in 2019 with quality education and jobs as his focus.

Former Senator Serge Osmeña III filed his certificate of candidacy for the 2019 Senate race on Wednesday.

A writers group that promotes free expression sued US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, claiming he is abusing his authority to «stifle» the rights of the press.

Saudi Arabia stood by denials that the kingdom killed a missing journalist but backed a «thorough» probe, the United States said Tuesday, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid a supportive trip to the Gulf state.

Vocational training is being used «to the greatest extent» in China's far-western Xinjiang region to ensure militant activities are «eliminated before they occur,» a senior Communist Party official said.

Matinding trahediya ang sinapit ng isang pamilya na may-ari ng isang computer shop sa Ramon, Isabela. Maliban kasi sa nilooban na sila, hinalay pa ang isang biktima at pinatay ang kaniyang kuya na sasaklolo sa kaniya.

The United States is alarmed by China's increasingly muscular military presence and «predatory economic practices» towards smaller countries in Asia, defense chief James Mattis has said on his way to the region.

Nagkatensiyon sa labas ng tanggapan ng Commission on Election sa Camarines Sur matapos pagtulungan ng mga tao ang isang lalaki na armado umano ng baril at nagtangkang lumapit kay Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr., na maghahain noon ng kaniyang Certificate of Candidacy.

Simula Martes, Oktubre 16, 2018, iba na ang sistema sa pagpila papasok ng MRT Station sa North Avenue, ayon sa ulat ni Darlene Cay sa Unang Balita.

Taguig Representative Pia Cayetano filed her certificate of candidacy for the 2019 Senate race on Tuesday more than two years since she finished her two consecutive Senate terms.

Seeing a «tougher» race in 2019, Senator Bam Aquino on Tuesday filed his certificate of candidacy for his re-election bid.

Several stalls at the Litex market in Quezon City were razed early Tuesday morning, Olan Bola reported on Super Radyo's dzBB.

Catholic devotees flocked to the San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City to visit and venerate Saint Padre Pio's incorrupt heart relic.

A graduate of University of San Carlos in Cebu City is the topnotcher of the October 2018 Chemist Licensure Examination, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced.

Isang konsehal na plano umanong tumakbo muli sa darating na halalan ang patay matapos barilin nang malapitan sa Placer sa Masbate. Sugatan naman ang isa pang konsehal sa Zamboanga del Sur matapos namang tambangan.

Bumaba ng 1.4 percent ang personal remittances nitong Agosto, na sumasalalim sa pagbaba ng money transfer mula sa mga bansa sa Gitnang Silangan.