About 19,000 inmates are forced to live together in congested prison cells at the New Bilibid Prison's maximum security compound.

Dalawang taon na itinago ni Mang Ernesto ang napulot niyang pigura na hinihinala niyang antigo at ginto. Mula raw nang makapasakamay nito ito, sinuwerte sila pero may kakaiba rin silang nararamdaman sa kanilang bahay tulad ng tinig na narinig niyang tumatawa nang aksidente niyang makunan ng video ang pigura.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday lauded the Philippines' election for another three-year term in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

Nagpalabas ng abiso ang Manila Police District hinggil sa umanoy ikakasang transport strike ng iba't-ibang grupo ng transportasyon simula bukas, October 16 hanggang October 17.

Sa loob ng mahigit dalawang linggo, hindi mapanatag ang loob ng mga residente sa isang barangay sa Cabanatuan dahil sa pag-ulan ng mga bato sa kanilang bubungan pagsapit ng gabi.

Told that the party-list group that nominated her was linked to Janet Lim Napoles' pork barrel scam, Uson said all groups were tainted and called out communists in the House of Representatives.

Senator Risa Hontiveros and Senator Leila De Lima on Monday separately criticized the «hypocrisy'» of the Duterte administration in lauding the country's re-election to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and  such event.

Parang kasabihan na «ang palay ang lumapit sa manok» ang nangyari sa Malimono, Surigao del Norte nang mapadpad  sa dalampasigan ang mga isda tulad ng tuna upang mahuli ng mga mangingisda.

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte has filed her certificate of candidacy for re-election.

The younger brother of Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista on Monday filed his certificate of candidacy for councilor of the city's fourth district before the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

Two of four new fast boats of the Philippine Coast Guard were commissioned on Monday. 

Isang bangkay ng lalaking pumanaw 37 taon na ang nakararaan sa Victoria, Northern Samar ang hindi pa rin naaganas. Dahil sa pagpaparamdam sa mga kaanak, nagpasya sila na huwag na itong ilibing muli at ngayon ay tinayuan pa ng sariling kapilya dahil nakapagpapagaling daw ng mga sakit.

Accompanied by President Rodrigo Duterte and some Cabinet members, Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go finally on Monday filed his certificate of candidacy for senator in time for next year’s midterm polls.

“Papakita natin kay Mr. Duterte na kahit wala ka sa puwesto, kaya mo siyang tindigan, basta nasa tama ka,” Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said at a press conference after he accompanied Magdalo party-list Representative Gary Alejano of Magdalo in filing his certificate of candidacy for a Senate seat in next year’s elections.

Ex-Vice President Jejomar Binay has chosen not to pick who between his two children, Junjun and Abby, will run for mayor in the May 2019 elections, saying he is leaving it up to Makati City voters to decide.

A certain Charlie “Jesus Christ” Talledo filed his certificate of candidacy in the 2019 Senate race on Monday, saying that he won’t allow death penalty to be revived.  

Magdalo party-list Representative Gary Alejano on Monday filed his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for his Senate bid in the 2019 elections.

Opposition senator Antonio «Sonny» Trillanes IV on Monday arrived at the Commission on Elections office in Manila to show support for Magdalo party-list Representative Gary Alejano who is eyeing a Senate seat in the 2019 polls.

Pre-election survey frontrunner and Senator Grace Poe filed her certificate of candidacy on Monday for her re-election as a senator in the 2019 elections less than two years after she was defeated in the presidential race.

The death toll has risen to 20 people on Sunday following two suspected suicide bombers that struck in the southern Somali city of Baidoa on Saturday, a local hospital official said.

The transitory provision in a House committee's draft federal charter that skips the Vice President in the line of succession to the presidency is not an offense against Maria Leonor «Leni» Robredo since she cannot be sure that she would remain in the position, a lawmaker reasoned on Sunday. 

President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday promised to protect the local Chinese community from kidnappers and from corrupt government officials.

Human rights group Karapatan-Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights on Sunday called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to press forward its investigation into the current human rights situation in the Philippines, following the reelection of the country into the UN body.

Both were naturally timid men who were thrust to the forefront of history by the convulsive political and social changes of the 20th century and both had a lasting influence on the current pontiff, Francis, Latin America's first pope.

A Daet, Camarines Norte shop owner was shot dead in his own store by a helmet-wearing gunman.

Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, likely paid little or no federal income taxes between 2009 and 2016, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing confidential financial documents.

Controversial Ozamiz City Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido will be reassigned to Catanduanes, a radio report said Sunday.  

The Philippines' winning a seat at the United Nations Human Rights Council shows the international community's confidence in the Duterte administration's human rights record, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said on Saturday.

US President Donald Trump said in a CBS interview on Saturday that there would be «severe punishment» for Saudi Arabia if it turns out that missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

A bettor won the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office's Lotto 6/42 jackpot worth P83,564,210 during Saturday night's draw.

Hundreds of churchgoers from around Central America paraded in San Salvador Saturday to celebrate the impending canonization of slain Salvadoran cleric Oscar Romero.

Isang lalaking nag-amok ang napatay matapos nitong manghabol ng saksak sa mga tao pati pulisya sa Makati City nitong Sabado.

PARANG, Maguindanao --The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Police Highway Patrol Group turned over to their owners last Thursday 18 recovered vehicles allegedly from «rent-sangla» car modus.  

Troops from the Army's 4th Mechanized Infantry Battalion manning a checkpoint in Lanao del Norte seized handguns and an explosive from  a «suspicious» vehicle last Friday.  

The Philippines, along with Bahrain, Cameroon, Somalia, Bangladesh, and Eritrea, were among the countries elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday.